diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index b213980..a8360c9 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -5,9 +5,16 @@ stages:
 # Compile Job (runs on every commit)
 compile:
   stage: compile
-  image: node:14
-  script:
+  image: ubuntu:latest 
+  before_script:
+    # Install Node.js v21.7.3 manually
+    - curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_21.x | bash -
+    - apt-get install -y nodejs
+    - node -v  # Verify the correct Node.js version
+    # Install Gulp globally
     - npm install --global gulp-cli
+    - gulp --version  # Verify Gulp is installed
+  script:
     - npm install
     - gulp compile
   only:
@@ -16,11 +23,15 @@ compile:
 # Release Job (manually triggered with version)
 release:
   stage: release
-  image: node:14
+  image: ubuntu:latest  # Or any other basic image
   before_script:
-    - apt-get update && apt-get install -y curl jq
+    # Install Node.js v21.7.3 manually
+    - curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_21.x | bash -
+    - apt-get install -y nodejs
+    - node -v  # Verify the correct Node.js version
+    # Install Gulp globally
     - npm install --global gulp-cli
-    - npm install
+    - gulp --version  # Verify Gulp is installed
     # Set up SSH agent and add private key for pushing to protected branch
     - 'which ssh-agent || ( apt-get update -y && apt-get install openssh-client -y )'
     - eval $(ssh-agent -s)
diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index 72f914b..9599a1e 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ function zipRelease() {
   .pipe(gulp.dest('.'));
 }
 
-exports.build = gulp.series(
+exports.release = gulp.series(
   compileScss,
   zipRelease
 );