diff --git a/.env b/.env
index 1e4eff494..72bc9e544 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -32,10 +32,11 @@ FS_METHOD=direct
 
 ### --- MARIADB ----
 
-MARIADB_TAG=11.8-r3
-#MARIADB_TAG=11.4-r3
-#MARIADB_TAG=10.11-r3
-#MARIADB_TAG=10.6-r3
+MARIADB_TAG=11.8-r4
+#MARIADB_TAG=12.3-r4
+#MARIADB_TAG=11.4-r4
+#MARIADB_TAG=10.11-r4
+#MARIADB_TAG=10.6-r4
 
 ### --- VANILLA WORDPRESS ----
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/workflow.yml
index b4cb70a6d..e814942b4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/workflow.yml
@@ -22,10 +22,16 @@ jobs:
         env:
           PHP_VER: ${{ matrix.php_ver }}
         run: make test
+  test-mariadb-12-3:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - name: Test MariaDB 12.3 LTS
+        run: make test MARIADB_TAG=12.3-r4
   release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
-    needs: test
+    needs: [test, test-mariadb-12-3]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: prepare artifact
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 03be9dd6f..2fa9d0e83 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ The WordPress stack consists of the following containers:
 | [WordPress]           | 7                      | [wodby/wordpress]                         | ✓                  |
 | [PHP]                 | 8.5, 8.4, 8.3, 8.2     | [wodby/wordpress-php]                     |                    |
 | Crond                 |                        | [wodby/wordpress-php]                     | ✓                  |
-| [MariaDB]             | 11.4, 10.6, 10.5, 10.4 | [wodby/mariadb]                           | ✓                  |
+| [MariaDB]             | 12.3, 11.8, 11.4, 10.11, 10.6 | [wodby/mariadb]                           | ✓                  |
 | [Valkey]              | 9.0, 8.1, 8.0, 7       | [wodby/valkey]                            |                    |
 | [Redis]               | 8.6, 8.4, 8.2, 7.4     | [wodby/redis]                             |                    |
 | [Memcached]           | 1                      | [wodby/memcached]                         |                    |
diff --git a/tests/.env b/tests/.env
index a5f83481b..35c9b20b4 100644
--- a/tests/.env
+++ b/tests/.env
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ DB_PASSWORD=wordpress
 DB_ROOT_PASSWORD=password
 DB_HOST=mariadb
 
-MARIADB_TAG=11.8-r3
+MARIADB_TAG=11.8-r4
 NGINX_TAG=1.31-r3
 VALKEY_TAG=9.0-r0
 VINYL_TAG=9.1-r4