diff --git a/templates/tools/dockerfile/java_deps.include b/templates/tools/dockerfile/java_deps.include
index ccd51973633e7b3a6c3f493589a72435e42baa37..40d70e06d1a3618bdbb0a26d689abfa8733755b9 100644
--- a/templates/tools/dockerfile/java_deps.include
+++ b/templates/tools/dockerfile/java_deps.include
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 # Install JDK 8 and Git
 #
-RUN echo oracle-java8-installer shared/accepted-oracle-license-v1-1 select true | /usr/bin/debconf-set-selections && \
-  echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu trusty main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/webupd8team-java.list && \
-  echo "deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu trusty main" | tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/webupd8team-java.list && \
-  apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys EEA14886 && \
-  apt-get update && \
-  apt-get -y install \
-      git \
-      libapr1 \
-      oracle-java8-installer \
-      && \
-  apt-get clean && rm -r /var/cache/oracle-jdk8-installer/
+RUN echo oracle-java8-installer shared/accepted-oracle-license-v1-1 select true | /usr/bin/debconf-set-selections && ${'\\'}
+  echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu trusty main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/webupd8team-java.list && ${'\\'}
+  echo "deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu trusty main" | tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/webupd8team-java.list && ${'\\'}
+  apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys EEA14886
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y install ${'\\'}
+      git ${'\\'}
+      libapr1 ${'\\'}
+      oracle-java8-installer ${'\\'}
+      && ${'\\'}
+    apt-get clean && rm -r /var/cache/oracle-jdk8-installer/
 
 ENV JAVA_HOME /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle
 ENV PATH $PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin
diff --git a/tools/dockerfile/stress_test/grpc_interop_stress_java/Dockerfile b/tools/dockerfile/stress_test/grpc_interop_stress_java/Dockerfile
index 1ee771922bcbaf068fd4cac3323d16733bfe9907..69bef1480c878d500ff2c147df0d04cf32c30e80 100644
--- a/tools/dockerfile/stress_test/grpc_interop_stress_java/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/dockerfile/stress_test/grpc_interop_stress_java/Dockerfile
@@ -82,7 +82,17 @@ RUN pip install --upgrade google-api-python-client
 
 # Install JDK 8 and Git
 #
-RUN echo oracle-java8-installer shared/accepted-oracle-license-v1-1 select true | /usr/bin/debconf-set-selections &&   echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu trusty main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/webupd8team-java.list &&   echo "deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu trusty main" | tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/webupd8team-java.list &&   apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys EEA14886 &&   apt-get update &&   apt-get -y install       git       libapr1       oracle-java8-installer       &&   apt-get clean && rm -r /var/cache/oracle-jdk8-installer/
+RUN echo oracle-java8-installer shared/accepted-oracle-license-v1-1 select true | /usr/bin/debconf-set-selections && \
+  echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu trusty main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/webupd8team-java.list && \
+  echo "deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu trusty main" | tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/webupd8team-java.list && \
+  apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys EEA14886
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y install \
+      git \
+      libapr1 \
+      oracle-java8-installer \
+      && \
+    apt-get clean && rm -r /var/cache/oracle-jdk8-installer/
 
 ENV JAVA_HOME /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle
 ENV PATH $PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin