diff --git a/workflow-templates/phpunit-mariadb.yml b/workflow-templates/phpunit-mariadb.yml
index 37ae1e31..c16e7790 100644
--- a/workflow-templates/phpunit-mariadb.yml
+++ b/workflow-templates/phpunit-mariadb.yml
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ jobs:
         ports:
           - 4444:3306/tcp
         env:
-          MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: rootpassword
-        options: --health-cmd="mysqladmin ping" --health-interval 5s --health-timeout 2s --health-retries 5
+          MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD: rootpassword
+        options: --health-cmd="mariadb-admin ping" --health-interval 5s --health-timeout 2s --health-retries 5
 
     steps:
       - name: Set app env