use heodic maybe?

.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ build_frontend:
   dependencies:
     - check_app_update
   script:
-    - apk add --no-cache nodejs npm
+    - sudo apt-get update
+    - sudo apt-get install -y nodejs npm
     - source variables.env || true
     - if [ "$NEW_COMMIT" != "true" ]; then
       echo "No new commit, skipping build";