diff --git a/cluster/gce/gci/configure.sh b/cluster/gce/gci/configure.sh
index b5d6f8dc1f1..10a7bdbfc19 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/gci/configure.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/gci/configure.sh
@@ -423,12 +423,19 @@ function install-docker {
     software-properties-common \
     lsb-release
 
+  # focal repo for docker is not yet available, so we use bonic for now
+  # https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/90709
+  release=$(lsb_release -cs)
+  if [ "$release" == "focal" ]; then
+    release="bionic";
+  fi
+
   # Add the Docker apt-repository
   curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/$(. /etc/os-release; echo "$ID")/gpg \
     | apt-key add -
   add-apt-repository \
     "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/$(. /etc/os-release; echo "$ID") \
-    $(lsb_release -cs) stable"
+    $release stable"
 
   # Install Docker
   apt-get update && \
@@ -462,12 +469,19 @@ function install-containerd-ubuntu {
     software-properties-common \
     lsb-release
 
+  # focal repo for docker is not yet available, so we use bonic for now
+  # https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/90709
+  release=$(lsb_release -cs)
+  if [ "$release" == "focal" ]; then
+    release="bionic";
+  fi
+
   # Add the Docker apt-repository (as we install containerd from there)
   curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/$(. /etc/os-release; echo "$ID")/gpg \
     | apt-key add -
   add-apt-repository \
     "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/$(. /etc/os-release; echo "$ID") \
-    $(lsb_release -cs) stable"
+    $release stable"
 
   # Install containerd from Docker repo
   apt-get update && \