diff --git a/.github/helper/install.sh b/.github/helper/install.sh
index d1a97f87ff..915a463799 100644
--- a/.github/helper/install.sh
+++ b/.github/helper/install.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ set -e
 
 cd ~ || exit
 
-sudo apt update && sudo apt install redis-server libcups2-dev
+sudo apt update
+sudo apt remove mysql-server mysql-client
+sudo apt install libcups2-dev redis-server mariadb-client-10.6
 
 pip install frappe-bench
 
@@ -25,14 +27,14 @@ fi
 
 
 if [ "$DB" == "mariadb" ];then
-    mysql --host 127.0.0.1 --port 3306 -u root -proot -e "SET GLOBAL character_set_server = 'utf8mb4'"
-    mysql --host 127.0.0.1 --port 3306 -u root -proot -e "SET GLOBAL collation_server = 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci'"
+    mariadb --host 127.0.0.1 --port 3306 -u root -proot -e "SET GLOBAL character_set_server = 'utf8mb4'"
+    mariadb --host 127.0.0.1 --port 3306 -u root -proot -e "SET GLOBAL collation_server = 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci'"
 
-    mysql --host 127.0.0.1 --port 3306 -u root -proot -e "CREATE USER 'test_frappe'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'test_frappe'"
-    mysql --host 127.0.0.1 --port 3306 -u root -proot -e "CREATE DATABASE test_frappe"
-    mysql --host 127.0.0.1 --port 3306 -u root -proot -e "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON \`test_frappe\`.* TO 'test_frappe'@'localhost'"
+    mariadb --host 127.0.0.1 --port 3306 -u root -proot -e "CREATE USER 'test_frappe'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'test_frappe'"
+    mariadb --host 127.0.0.1 --port 3306 -u root -proot -e "CREATE DATABASE test_frappe"
+    mariadb --host 127.0.0.1 --port 3306 -u root -proot -e "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON \`test_frappe\`.* TO 'test_frappe'@'localhost'"
 
-    mysql --host 127.0.0.1 --port 3306 -u root -proot -e "FLUSH PRIVILEGES"
+    mariadb --host 127.0.0.1 --port 3306 -u root -proot -e "FLUSH PRIVILEGES"
 fi
 
 if [ "$DB" == "postgres" ];then
diff --git a/.github/workflows/patch.yml b/.github/workflows/patch.yml
index 07b8de7a90..21dd3d4879 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/patch.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/patch.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
           MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD: 'root'
         ports:
           - 3306:3306
-        options: --health-cmd="mysqladmin ping" --health-interval=5s --health-timeout=2s --health-retries=3
+        options: --health-cmd="mariadb-admin ping" --health-interval=5s --health-timeout=2s --health-retries=3
 
     steps:
       - name: Clone
diff --git a/.github/workflows/server-tests-mariadb.yml b/.github/workflows/server-tests-mariadb.yml
index 559be06993..ccdfc8c109 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/server-tests-mariadb.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/server-tests-mariadb.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
           MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD: 'root'
         ports:
           - 3306:3306
-        options: --health-cmd="mysqladmin ping" --health-interval=5s --health-timeout=2s --health-retries=3
+        options: --health-cmd="mariadb-admin ping" --health-interval=5s --health-timeout=2s --health-retries=3
 
     steps:
       - name: Clone