diff --git a/wagtail/project_template/Dockerfile b/wagtail/project_template/Dockerfile
index 97dd7dfc3d64..f3cdaf4c84ed 100644
--- a/wagtail/project_template/Dockerfile
+++ b/wagtail/project_template/Dockerfile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 \
 RUN apt-get update --yes --quiet && apt-get install --yes --quiet --no-install-recommends \
     build-essential \
     libpq-dev \
-    libmariadbclient-dev \
+    libmariadb-dev \
     libjpeg62-turbo-dev \
     zlib1g-dev \
     libwebp-dev \