diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 0fbbd922..ab18ec77 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -184,6 +184,40 @@ jobs:
         run: |
             docker run --env ARGOCD_AUTH_TOKEN=${{ env.ARGOCD_AUTH_TOKEN }} --rm -v ${{ github.workspace }}:/var/workspace ghcr.io/galasa-dev/argocdcli:main app wait ${{ env.BRANCH }}-cli --resource apps:Deployment:cli-${{ env.BRANCH }} --health --server argocd.galasa.dev
 
+  build-galasactl-ibm-testing-image-and-trigger-tekton-pipeline:
+    name: Build image containing galasactl, OpenJDK and Gradle for testing
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: build-cli
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout CLI
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Login to Github Container Registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Extract metadata for galasactl-ibm-testing image
+        id: meta
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@9ec57ed1fcdbf14dcef7dfbe97b2010124a938b7
+        with:
+          images: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.NAMESPACE }}/galasactl-ibm-x86_64-testing
+
+      - name: Build galasactl-ibm-testing image
+        id: build
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
+        with:
+          context: .
+          file: dockerfiles/dockerfile.galasactl-ibm-testing
+          push: true
+          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
+          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
+          build-args: |
+            branch=${{ env.BRANCH }}
+
       - name: Attempt to trigger test-cli-ecosystem-commands Tekton pipeline
         run: | 
           echo "The Tekton pipeline test-cli-ecosystem-commands should be triggered in the next 2-minutes - check the Tekton dashboard"
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diff --git a/dockerfiles/dockerfile.galasactl b/dockerfiles/dockerfile.galasactl
index 2c3cbc9b..6390dc5f 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/dockerfile.galasactl
+++ b/dockerfiles/dockerfile.galasactl
@@ -1,32 +1,7 @@
 FROM harbor.galasa.dev/docker_proxy_cache/library/ubuntu:20.04
 
-# Install Java and Gradle as they are pre-reqs for galasactl
-ENV GRADLE_VERSION=8.9
-ENV GRADLE_HOME=/opt/gradle
-
-RUN apt-get update && \
-    apt-get install -y \
-    ca-certificates \
-    openjdk-17-jdk \
-    wget \
-    unzip \
-    tar && \
-    # Install Gradle
-    wget https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-${GRADLE_VERSION}-bin.zip -O /tmp/gradle.zip && \
-    mkdir -p ${GRADLE_HOME} && \
-    unzip /tmp/gradle.zip -d ${GRADLE_HOME} && \
-    rm /tmp/gradle.zip && \
-    ln -s ${GRADLE_HOME}/gradle-${GRADLE_VERSION} ${GRADLE_HOME}/latest && \
-    ln -s ${GRADLE_HOME}/latest/bin/gradle /usr/local/bin/gradle && \
-    # Clean up
-    apt-get clean && \
-    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-
-ENV JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-17-openjdk-amd64
-ENV PATH="$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH"
-
-RUN java -version && \
-    gradle --version
+RUN apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install -y ca-certificates
 
 ARG platform
 
diff --git a/dockerfiles/dockerfile.galasactl-ibm-testing b/dockerfiles/dockerfile.galasactl-ibm-testing
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..179ac19b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dockerfiles/dockerfile.galasactl-ibm-testing
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+FROM ghcr.io/galasa-dev/openjdk17-ibm-gradle:main
+
+ARG branch
+
+RUN wget https://development.galasa.dev/${branch}/binary/cli/galasactl-linux-x86_64 -O /usr/local/bin/galasactl && \
+    chmod +x /usr/local/bin/galasactl
+
+RUN galasactl --version
+
+ENV PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH"
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