diff --git a/projects/protobuf-java/Dockerfile b/projects/protobuf-java/Dockerfile
index b14084f45..73537f853 100644
--- a/projects/protobuf-java/Dockerfile
+++ b/projects/protobuf-java/Dockerfile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 FROM gcr.io/oss-fuzz-base/base-builder-jvm
 
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y make autoconf automake libtool pkg-config
+RUN curl -L https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazelisk/releases/download/v1.12.0/bazelisk-linux-amd64 -o /usr/bin/bazel && chmod +x /usr/bin/bazel
 
 RUN curl -L https://downloads.apache.org/maven/maven-3/3.6.3/binaries/apache-maven-3.6.3-bin.zip -o maven.zip && \
     unzip maven.zip -d $SRC/maven && \
diff --git a/projects/protobuf-java/build.sh b/projects/protobuf-java/build.sh
index e5f7363d9..571b3dc20 100755
--- a/projects/protobuf-java/build.sh
+++ b/projects/protobuf-java/build.sh
@@ -17,14 +17,11 @@
 
 # Build protoc with default options.
 unset CFLAGS CXXFLAGS
-mkdir $SRC/protobuf-install/
 cd $SRC/protobuf/
-./autogen.sh
-./configure --prefix=$SRC/protobuf-install
-make -j$(nproc)
-make install
+bazel build :protoc
+cp $SRC/protobuf/bazel-bin/protoc $SRC/protobuf/protoc
+export PROTOC="$SRC/protobuf/bazel-bin/protoc"
 
-export PROTOC="$SRC/protobuf-install/bin/protoc"
 
 # Build protobuf-java (requires protoc in source tree).
 cd $SRC/protobuf/java/