diff --git a/ci/provision.sc b/ci/provision.sc
index 5c916565a9c..4bea2b3776c 100644
--- a/ci/provision.sc
+++ b/ci/provision.sc
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ def installMesos(): Unit = {
 
   // Install Mesos
   def install_mesos(version: String): Unit = {
-    %%('sudo, "apt-get", "install", "-y", "--force-yes", "--no-install-recommends", s"mesos=$version")
+    %%('sudo, "apt-get", "install", "-y", "--force-yes", "--no-install-recommends", s"mesos=$version.debian9")
   }
 
   // Stop Mesos service
diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index d626b268098..260179bbb7a 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ object Dependency {
     val WixAccord = "0.7.1"
 
     // Version of Mesos to use in Dockerfile.
-    val MesosDebian = "1.8.0-2.0.6.debian9"
+    val MesosDebian = "1.8.0-2.0.6"
 
     // test deps versions
     val JMH = "1.19"
diff --git a/tests/package/ubuntu1404/Dockerfile b/tests/package/ubuntu1404/Dockerfile
index dbf85988d49..a91c21b78e0 100644
--- a/tests/package/ubuntu1404/Dockerfile
+++ b/tests/package/ubuntu1404/Dockerfile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ RUN apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv DF7D54CBE56151BF && \
   # install mesos
   # this MUST be done first, unfortunately, because Mesos packages will create folders that should be symlinks and break the python install process
   apt-get install python2.7-minimal -y && \
-  apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y --force-yes mesos=$(cat /mesos-version) && \
+  apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y --force-yes mesos="$(cat /mesos-version).ubuntu1404" && \
 
   # disable mesos-master; we don't want to start in this image
   echo manual | tee /etc/init/mesos-master.override && \
diff --git a/tests/package/ubuntu1604/Dockerfile b/tests/package/ubuntu1604/Dockerfile
index 020b0258ff3..481d73c72de 100644
--- a/tests/package/ubuntu1604/Dockerfile
+++ b/tests/package/ubuntu1604/Dockerfile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -my wget gnupg lsb-release && \
     # this MUST be done first, unfortunately, because Mesos packages will create folders that should be symlinks and break the python install process
     apt-get install python2.7-minimal -y && \
     apt-get install -y openjdk-8-jdk-headless openjdk-8-jre-headless && \
-    apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y --force-yes mesos=$(cat /mesos-version) && \
+    apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y --force-yes mesos="$(cat /mesos-version).ubuntu1604" && \
 
     # disable mesos-master; we don't want to start in this image
     systemctl disable mesos-master && \