diff --git a/docker/scripts/mariadb-init.sh b/docker/scripts/mariadb-init.sh
index 2dd32a2b3..c22a23ee4 100644
--- a/docker/scripts/mariadb-init.sh
+++ b/docker/scripts/mariadb-init.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -e
 
-mysql --user=root --password=${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD} <<-EOSQL
+mariadb --user=root --password=${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD} <<-EOSQL
     GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON test_squest_db.* TO '${MYSQL_USER}'@'%';
 EOSQL