diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4ae319d64d7..5d0237220db 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ gitlab:setup-mysql:
 # Frontend-related jobs
 gitlab:assets:compile:
   <<: *dedicated-no-docs-and-no-qa-pull-cache-job
-  image: dev.gitlab.org:5005/gitlab/gitlab-build-images:ruby-2.5.3-git-2.18-chrome-69.0-node-8.x-yarn-1.2-graphicsmagick-1.3.29-docker-18.06.1
+  image: dev.gitlab.org:5005/gitlab/gitlab-build-images:ruby-2.5.3-git-2.18-chrome-69.0-node-8.x-yarn-1.12-graphicsmagick-1.3.29-docker-18.06.1
   dependencies: []
   services:
     - docker:stable-dind
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 41011a22ce0..8857ed318dd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -159,5 +159,8 @@
     "prettier": "1.15.2",
     "vue-jest": "^3.0.1",
     "webpack-dev-server": "^3.1.10"
+  },
+  "engines": {
+    "yarn": "^1.10.0"
   }
 }