diff --git a/docker_db.sh b/docker_db.sh
index 2d8cc4153ba7..bf51cc1af594 100755
--- a/docker_db.sh
+++ b/docker_db.sh
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ mysql_9_2() {
 }
 
 mariadb() {
-  mariadb_11_7
+  mariadb_11_8
 }
 
 mariadb_wait_until_start()
@@ -164,7 +164,13 @@ mariadb_11_4() {
 
 mariadb_11_7() {
     $CONTAINER_CLI rm -f mariadb || true
-    $CONTAINER_CLI run --name mariadb -e MARIADB_USER=hibernate_orm_test -e MARIADB_PASSWORD=hibernate_orm_test -e MARIADB_DATABASE=hibernate_orm_test -e MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD=hibernate_orm_test -p3306:3306 -d ${DB_IMAGE_MARIADB_11_7:-docker.io/mariadb:11.7-rc} --character-set-server=utf8mb4 --collation-server=utf8mb4_bin --skip-character-set-client-handshake --lower_case_table_names=2
+    $CONTAINER_CLI run --name mariadb -e MARIADB_USER=hibernate_orm_test -e MARIADB_PASSWORD=hibernate_orm_test -e MARIADB_DATABASE=hibernate_orm_test -e MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD=hibernate_orm_test -p3306:3306 -d ${DB_IMAGE_MARIADB_11_7:-docker.io/mariadb:11.7.2} --character-set-server=utf8mb4 --collation-server=utf8mb4_bin --skip-character-set-client-handshake --lower_case_table_names=2
+    mariadb_wait_until_start
+}
+
+mariadb_11_8() {
+    $CONTAINER_CLI rm -f mariadb || true
+    $CONTAINER_CLI run --name mariadb -e MARIADB_USER=hibernate_orm_test -e MARIADB_PASSWORD=hibernate_orm_test -e MARIADB_DATABASE=hibernate_orm_test -e MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD=hibernate_orm_test -p3306:3306 -d ${DB_IMAGE_MARIADB_11_8:-docker.io/mariadb:11.8.2} --character-set-server=utf8mb4 --collation-server=utf8mb4_bin --skip-character-set-client-handshake --lower_case_table_names=2
     mariadb_wait_until_start
 }