diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 60dcea569c0c67f1596f253ccb63608298c598c1..3bd395d9fee235bfc2b2542912c80dba83743fcb 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ services:
       --binlog-format=ROW
       --innodb-read-only-compressed=OFF
     environment:
+      MARIADB_AUTO_UPGRADE: "1"
       MYSQL_DATABASE: &mysql_database nextcloud
       # yamllint disable-line rule:line-length
       MYSQL_PASSWORD: &mysql_password ${MYSQL_PASSWORD:-foo}  # pragma: allowlist secret
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ services:
       test:
         - CMD-SHELL
         - >-
-          mysql
+          mariadb
           --user "$$MYSQL_USER"
           "--password=$$MYSQL_PASSWORD"
           --execute 'SHOW DATABASES;'