diff --git a/tools/dockerfile/grpc_java_base/Dockerfile b/tools/dockerfile/grpc_java_base/Dockerfile
index feac5e745e3b7dff029d89165ccce20c0f5c5cfe..3eebc2bb93f200335b14ff96f805621034a90a0a 100644
--- a/tools/dockerfile/grpc_java_base/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/dockerfile/grpc_java_base/Dockerfile
@@ -51,13 +51,14 @@ ENV PATH $PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin:$M2_HOME/bin
 ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/local/lib
 
 # Get the protobuf source from GitHub and install it
-RUN wget -O - https://github.com/google/protobuf/archive/master.tar.gz | \
+RUN wget -O - https://github.com/google/protobuf/archive/v3.0.0-alpha-2.tar.gz | \
   tar xz && \
-  cd protobuf-master && \
+  cd protobuf-3.0.0-alpha-2 && \
   ./autogen.sh && \
   ./configure --prefix=/usr && \
   make -j12 && make check && make install && \
   cd java && mvn install && cd .. && \
+  cd javanano && mvn install && cd .. && \
   rm -r "$(pwd)"
 
 # Install a GitHub SSH service credential that gives access to the GitHub repo while it's private