diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 6a1d2113bc9..a83720eab06 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -105,13 +105,13 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         include:
           # test higher PHP version with higher MariaDB and MySQL versions
-          - {php-version: "8.3", db-image: "mariadb:10.11", always: true}
+          - {php-version: "8.3", db-image: "mariadb:11.4", always: true}
           - {php-version: "8.3", db-image: "mysql:8.4", always: true}
           # test other PHP versions
-          - {php-version: "8.2", db-image: "mariadb:10.11", always: false}
-          - {php-version: "8.1", db-image: "mariadb:10.11", always: false}
-          - {php-version: "8.0", db-image: "mariadb:10.11", always: false}
-          - {php-version: "7.4", db-image: "mariadb:10.11", always: false}
+          - {php-version: "8.2", db-image: "mariadb:11.4", always: false}
+          - {php-version: "8.1", db-image: "mariadb:11.4", always: false}
+          - {php-version: "8.0", db-image: "mariadb:11.4", always: false}
+          - {php-version: "7.4", db-image: "mariadb:11.4", always: false}
           # test other DB servers/versions
           - {php-version: "8.3", db-image: "mariadb:10.2", always: false}
           - {php-version: "8.3", db-image: "mysql:5.7", always: false}