diff --git a/.github/helper/install.sh b/.github/helper/install.sh
index be5120ce7a..d944a45d88 100644
--- a/.github/helper/install.sh
+++ b/.github/helper/install.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ if [ "$TYPE" == "server" ]; then
 fi
 
 if [ "$DB" == "mariadb" ];then
-      sudo apt install mariadb-client-10.3
+      sudo apt install mariadb-client-10.6
       mysql --host 127.0.0.1 --port 3306 -u root -e "SET GLOBAL character_set_server = 'utf8mb4'";
       mysql --host 127.0.0.1 --port 3306 -u root -e "SET GLOBAL collation_server = 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci'";
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/patch-mariadb-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/patch-mariadb-tests.yml
index 523ff2d9f1..882bc4634a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/patch-mariadb-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/patch-mariadb-tests.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
 
     services:
       mysql:
-        image: mariadb:10.3
+        image: mariadb:10.6
         env:
           MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD: YES
         ports:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/server-mariadb-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/server-mariadb-tests.yml
index 719972f535..433e38d263 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/server-mariadb-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/server-mariadb-tests.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
 
     services:
       mysql:
-        image: mariadb:10.3
+        image: mariadb:10.6
         env:
           MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD: YES
         ports:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ui-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/ui-tests.yml
index 421e50ebcc..b5ddf58b84 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ui-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ui-tests.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
 
     services:
       mysql:
-        image: mariadb:10.3
+        image: mariadb:10.6
         env:
           MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD: YES
         ports:
diff --git a/frappe/utils/boilerplate.py b/frappe/utils/boilerplate.py
index 503ee6d338..c34ab2d591 100644
--- a/frappe/utils/boilerplate.py
+++ b/frappe/utils/boilerplate.py
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ jobs:
 
     services:
       mariadb:
-        image: mariadb:10.3
+        image: mariadb:10.6
         env:
           MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: root
         ports: