diff --git a/data/Dockerfiles/acme/Dockerfile b/data/Dockerfiles/acme/Dockerfile
index 5b7378c7b..f6e990e57 100644
--- a/data/Dockerfiles/acme/Dockerfile
+++ b/data/Dockerfiles/acme/Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ FROM alpine:3.21
 
 LABEL maintainer = "The Infrastructure Company GmbH <info@servercow.de>"
 
-
 RUN apk upgrade --no-cache \
   && apk add --update --no-cache \
   bash \
diff --git a/data/Dockerfiles/acme/acme.sh b/data/Dockerfiles/acme/acme.sh
index 64a4d1765..a6766efd0 100755
--- a/data/Dockerfiles/acme/acme.sh
+++ b/data/Dockerfiles/acme/acme.sh
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ log_f "Resolver OK"
 log_f "Waiting for domain table..."
 while [[ -z ${DOMAIN_TABLE} ]]; do
   curl --silent http://nginx.${COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME}_mailcow-network/ >/dev/null 2>&1
-  DOMAIN_TABLE=$(mysql --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} -e "SHOW TABLES LIKE 'domain'" -Bs)
+  DOMAIN_TABLE=$(mariadb --skip-ssl --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} -e "SHOW TABLES LIKE 'domain'" -Bs)
   [[ -z ${DOMAIN_TABLE} ]] && sleep 10
 done
 log_f "OK" no_date
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ while true; do
 
   #########################################
   # IP and webroot challenge verification #
-  SQL_DOMAINS=$(mysql --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} -e "SELECT domain FROM domain WHERE backupmx=0 and active=1" -Bs)
+  SQL_DOMAINS=$(mariadb --skip-ssl --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} -e "SELECT domain FROM domain WHERE backupmx=0 and active=1" -Bs)
   if [[ ! $? -eq 0 ]]; then
     log_f "Failed to read SQL domains, retrying in 1 minute..."
     sleep 1m
diff --git a/data/Dockerfiles/dovecot/clean_q_aged.sh b/data/Dockerfiles/dovecot/clean_q_aged.sh
index 3fa8a7ddb..ebedc8999 100755
--- a/data/Dockerfiles/dovecot/clean_q_aged.sh
+++ b/data/Dockerfiles/dovecot/clean_q_aged.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ if ! [[ ${MAX_AGE} =~ ${NUM_REGEXP} ]] ; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-TO_DELETE=$(mysql --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} -e "SELECT COUNT(id) FROM quarantine WHERE created < NOW() - INTERVAL ${MAX_AGE//[!0-9]/} DAY" -BN)
-mysql --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} -e "DELETE FROM quarantine WHERE created < NOW() - INTERVAL ${MAX_AGE//[!0-9]/} DAY"
+TO_DELETE=$(mariadb --skip-ssl --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} -e "SELECT COUNT(id) FROM quarantine WHERE created < NOW() - INTERVAL ${MAX_AGE//[!0-9]/} DAY" -BN)
+mariadb --skip-ssl --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} -e "DELETE FROM quarantine WHERE created < NOW() - INTERVAL ${MAX_AGE//[!0-9]/} DAY"
 echo "Deleted ${TO_DELETE} items from quarantine table (max age is ${MAX_AGE//[!0-9]/} days)"
diff --git a/data/Dockerfiles/dovecot/docker-entrypoint.sh b/data/Dockerfiles/dovecot/docker-entrypoint.sh
index af67579f1..9a4e2f252 100755
--- a/data/Dockerfiles/dovecot/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/data/Dockerfiles/dovecot/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -414,15 +414,15 @@ printenv | sed 's/^\(.*\)$/export \1/g' > /source_env.sh
 
 # Clean stopped imapsync jobs
 rm -f /tmp/imapsync_busy.lock
-IMAPSYNC_TABLE=$(mysql --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} -e "SHOW TABLES LIKE 'imapsync'" -Bs)
-[[ ! -z ${IMAPSYNC_TABLE} ]] && mysql --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} -e "UPDATE imapsync SET is_running='0'"
+IMAPSYNC_TABLE=$(mariadb --skip-ssl --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} -e "SHOW TABLES LIKE 'imapsync'" -Bs)
+[[ ! -z ${IMAPSYNC_TABLE} ]] && mariadb --skip-ssl --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} -e "UPDATE imapsync SET is_running='0'"
 
 # Envsubst maildir_gc
 echo "$(envsubst < /usr/local/bin/maildir_gc.sh)" > /usr/local/bin/maildir_gc.sh
 
 # GUID generation
 while [[ ${VERSIONS_OK} != 'OK' ]]; do
-  if [[ ! -z $(mysql --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} -B -e "SELECT 'OK' FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = \"${DBNAME}\" AND TABLE_NAME = 'versions'") ]]; then
+  if [[ ! -z $(mariadb --skip-ssl --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} -B -e "SELECT 'OK' FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = \"${DBNAME}\" AND TABLE_NAME = 'versions'") ]]; then
     VERSIONS_OK=OK
   else
     echo "Waiting for versions table to be created..."
@@ -433,11 +433,11 @@ PUBKEY_MCRYPT=$(doveconf -P 2> /dev/null | grep -i mail_crypt_global_public_key
 if [ -f ${PUBKEY_MCRYPT} ]; then
   GUID=$(cat <(echo ${MAILCOW_HOSTNAME}) /mail_crypt/ecpubkey.pem | sha256sum | cut -d ' ' -f1 | tr -cd "[a-fA-F0-9.:/] ")
   if [ ${#GUID} -eq 64 ]; then
-    mysql --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} << EOF
+    mariadb --skip-ssl --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} << EOF
 REPLACE INTO versions (application, version) VALUES ("GUID", "${GUID}");
 EOF
   else
-    mysql --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} << EOF
+    mariadb --skip-ssl --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} << EOF
 REPLACE INTO versions (application, version) VALUES ("GUID", "INVALID");
 EOF
   fi
diff --git a/data/Dockerfiles/phpfpm/docker-entrypoint.sh b/data/Dockerfiles/phpfpm/docker-entrypoint.sh
index e6510de7a..0d09ac5fc 100755
--- a/data/Dockerfiles/phpfpm/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/data/Dockerfiles/phpfpm/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ if [ ${SQL_CHANGED} -eq 1 ]; then
 fi
 
 # Check mysql tz import (master and slave)
-TZ_CHECK=$(mysql --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} -e "SELECT CONVERT_TZ('2019-11-02 23:33:00','Europe/Berlin','UTC') AS time;" -BN 2> /dev/null)
+TZ_CHECK=$(mariadb --skip-ssl --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} -e "SELECT CONVERT_TZ('2019-11-02 23:33:00','Europe/Berlin','UTC') AS time;" -BN 2> /dev/null)
 if [[ -z ${TZ_CHECK} ]] || [[ "${TZ_CHECK}" == "NULL" ]]; then
   SQL_FULL_TZINFO_IMPORT_RETURN=$(curl --silent --insecure -XPOST https://dockerapi.${COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME}_mailcow-network/containers/${CONTAINER_ID}/exec -d '{"cmd":"system", "task":"mysql_tzinfo_to_sql"}' --silent -H 'Content-type: application/json')
   echo "MySQL mysql_tzinfo_to_sql - debug output:"
@@ -120,11 +120,11 @@ if [[ "${MASTER}" =~ ^([yY][eE][sS]|[yY])+$ ]]; then
   while read line
   do
     DOMAIN_ARR+=("$line")
-  done < <(mysql --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} -e "SELECT domain FROM domain" -Bs)
+  done < <(mariadb --skip-ssl --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} -e "SELECT domain FROM domain" -Bs)
   while read line
   do
     DOMAIN_ARR+=("$line")
-  done < <(mysql --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} -e "SELECT alias_domain FROM alias_domain" -Bs)
+  done < <(mariadb --skip-ssl --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} -e "SELECT alias_domain FROM alias_domain" -Bs)
 
   if [[ ! -z ${DOMAIN_ARR} ]]; then
   for domain in "${DOMAIN_ARR[@]}"; do
@@ -146,13 +146,13 @@ if [[ "${MASTER}" =~ ^([yY][eE][sS]|[yY])+$ ]]; then
     VALIDATED_IPS=$(array_by_comma ${VALIDATED_API_ALLOW_FROM_ARR[*]})
     if [[ ! -z ${VALIDATED_IPS} ]]; then
       if [[ ${API_KEY} != "invalid" ]] && [[ ! -z ${API_KEY} ]]; then
-        mysql --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} << EOF
+        mariadb --skip-ssl --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} << EOF
 DELETE FROM api WHERE access = 'rw';
 INSERT INTO api (api_key, active, allow_from, access) VALUES ("${API_KEY}", "1", "${VALIDATED_IPS}", "rw");
 EOF
       fi
       if [[ ${API_KEY_READ_ONLY} != "invalid" ]] && [[ ! -z ${API_KEY_READ_ONLY} ]]; then
-        mysql --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} << EOF
+        mariadb --skip-ssl --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} << EOF
 DELETE FROM api WHERE access = 'ro';
 INSERT INTO api (api_key, active, allow_from, access) VALUES ("${API_KEY_READ_ONLY}", "1", "${VALIDATED_IPS}", "ro");
 EOF
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ EOF
   fi
 
   # Create events (master only, STATUS for event on slave will be SLAVESIDE_DISABLED)
-  mysql --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} << EOF
+  mariadb --skip-ssl --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} << EOF
 DROP EVENT IF EXISTS clean_spamalias;
 DELIMITER //
 CREATE EVENT clean_spamalias
diff --git a/data/Dockerfiles/sogo/bootstrap-sogo.sh b/data/Dockerfiles/sogo/bootstrap-sogo.sh
index 9cf36a805..dcf91b499 100755
--- a/data/Dockerfiles/sogo/bootstrap-sogo.sh
+++ b/data/Dockerfiles/sogo/bootstrap-sogo.sh
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ do
 done
 
 # Wait for updated schema
-DBV_NOW=$(mysql --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} -e "SELECT version FROM versions WHERE application = 'db_schema';" -BN)
+DBV_NOW=$(mariadb --skip-ssl --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} -e "SELECT version FROM versions WHERE application = 'db_schema';" -BN)
 DBV_NEW=$(grep -oE '\$db_version = .*;' init_db.inc.php | sed 's/$db_version = //g;s/;//g' | cut -d \" -f2)
 while [[ "${DBV_NOW}" != "${DBV_NEW}" ]]; do
   echo "Waiting for schema update..."
-  DBV_NOW=$(mysql --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} -e "SELECT version FROM versions WHERE application = 'db_schema';" -BN)
+  DBV_NOW=$(mariadb --skip-ssl --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} -e "SELECT version FROM versions WHERE application = 'db_schema';" -BN)
   DBV_NEW=$(grep -oE '\$db_version = .*;' init_db.inc.php | sed 's/$db_version = //g;s/;//g' | cut -d \" -f2)
   sleep 5
 done
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ echo "DB schema is ${DBV_NOW}"
 # Recreate view
 if [[ "${MASTER}" =~ ^([yY][eE][sS]|[yY])+$ ]]; then
   echo "We are master, preparing sogo_view..."
-  mysql --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} -e "DROP VIEW IF EXISTS sogo_view"
+  mariadb --skip-ssl --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} -e "DROP VIEW IF EXISTS sogo_view"
   while [[ ${VIEW_OK} != 'OK' ]]; do
-    mysql --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} << EOF
+    mariadb --skip-ssl --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} << EOF
 CREATE VIEW sogo_view (c_uid, domain, c_name, c_password, c_cn, mail, aliases, ad_aliases, ext_acl, kind, multiple_bookings) AS
 SELECT
    mailbox.username,
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ WHERE
 GROUP BY
    mailbox.username;
 EOF
-    if [[ ! -z $(mysql --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} -B -e "SELECT 'OK' FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_NAME = 'sogo_view'") ]]; then
+    if [[ ! -z $(mariadb --skip-ssl --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} -B -e "SELECT 'OK' FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_NAME = 'sogo_view'") ]]; then
       VIEW_OK=OK
     else
       echo "Will retry to setup SOGo view in 3s..."
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ EOF
   done
 else
   while [[ ${VIEW_OK} != 'OK' ]]; do
-    if [[ ! -z $(mysql --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} -B -e "SELECT 'OK' FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_NAME = 'sogo_view'") ]]; then
+    if [[ ! -z $(mariadb --skip-ssl --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} -B -e "SELECT 'OK' FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_NAME = 'sogo_view'") ]]; then
       VIEW_OK=OK
     else
       echo "Waiting for SOGo view to be created by master..."
@@ -81,12 +81,12 @@ fi
 if [[ "${MASTER}" =~ ^([yY][eE][sS]|[yY])+$ ]]; then
   echo "We are master, preparing _sogo_static_view..."
   while [[ ${STATIC_VIEW_OK} != 'OK' ]]; do
-    if [[ ! -z $(mysql --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} -B -e "SELECT 'OK' FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_NAME = '_sogo_static_view'") ]]; then
+    if [[ ! -z $(mariadb --skip-ssl --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} -B -e "SELECT 'OK' FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_NAME = '_sogo_static_view'") ]]; then
       STATIC_VIEW_OK=OK
       echo "Updating _sogo_static_view content..."
       # If changed, also update init_db.inc.php
-      mysql --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} -B -e "REPLACE INTO _sogo_static_view (c_uid, domain, c_name, c_password, c_cn, mail, aliases, ad_aliases, ext_acl, kind, multiple_bookings) SELECT c_uid, domain, c_name, c_password, c_cn, mail, aliases, ad_aliases, ext_acl, kind, multiple_bookings from sogo_view;"
-      mysql --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} -B -e "DELETE FROM _sogo_static_view WHERE c_uid NOT IN (SELECT username FROM mailbox WHERE active = '1')"
+      mariadb --skip-ssl --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} -B -e "REPLACE INTO _sogo_static_view (c_uid, domain, c_name, c_password, c_cn, mail, aliases, ad_aliases, ext_acl, kind, multiple_bookings) SELECT c_uid, domain, c_name, c_password, c_cn, mail, aliases, ad_aliases, ext_acl, kind, multiple_bookings from sogo_view;"
+      mariadb --skip-ssl --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} -B -e "DELETE FROM _sogo_static_view WHERE c_uid NOT IN (SELECT username FROM mailbox WHERE active = '1')"
     else
       echo "Waiting for database initialization..."
       sleep 3
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ if [[ "${MASTER}" =~ ^([yY][eE][sS]|[yY])+$ ]]; then
   done
 else
   while [[ ${STATIC_VIEW_OK} != 'OK' ]]; do
-    if [[ ! -z $(mysql --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} -B -e "SELECT 'OK' FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_NAME = '_sogo_static_view'") ]]; then
+    if [[ ! -z $(mariadb --skip-ssl --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} -B -e "SELECT 'OK' FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_NAME = '_sogo_static_view'") ]]; then
       STATIC_VIEW_OK=OK
     else
       echo "Waiting for database initialization by master..."
@@ -107,9 +107,9 @@ fi
 # Recreate password update trigger
 if [[ "${MASTER}" =~ ^([yY][eE][sS]|[yY])+$ ]]; then
   echo "We are master, preparing update trigger..."
-  mysql --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} -e "DROP TRIGGER IF EXISTS sogo_update_password"
+  mariadb --skip-ssl --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} -e "DROP TRIGGER IF EXISTS sogo_update_password"
   while [[ ${TRIGGER_OK} != 'OK' ]]; do
-  mysql --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} << EOF
+  mariadb --skip-ssl --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} << EOF
 DELIMITER -
 CREATE TRIGGER sogo_update_password AFTER UPDATE ON _sogo_static_view
 FOR EACH ROW
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ END;
 -
 DELIMITER ;
 EOF
-    if [[ ! -z $(mysql --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} -B -e "SELECT 'OK' FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TRIGGERS WHERE TRIGGER_NAME = 'sogo_update_password'") ]]; then
+    if [[ ! -z $(mariadb --skip-ssl --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} -B -e "SELECT 'OK' FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TRIGGERS WHERE TRIGGER_NAME = 'sogo_update_password'") ]]; then
       TRIGGER_OK=OK
     else
       echo "Will retry to setup SOGo password update trigger in 3s"
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ while read -r line gal
   line=${line} envsubst < /etc/sogo/plist_ldap >> /var/lib/sogo/GNUstep/Defaults/sogod.plist
   echo "            </array>
         </dict>" >> /var/lib/sogo/GNUstep/Defaults/sogod.plist
-done < <(mysql --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} -e "SELECT domain, CASE gal WHEN '1' THEN 'YES' ELSE 'NO' END AS gal FROM domain;" -B -N)
+done < <(mariadb --skip-ssl --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -u ${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} -e "SELECT domain, CASE gal WHEN '1' THEN 'YES' ELSE 'NO' END AS gal FROM domain;" -B -N)
 
 # Generate footer
 echo '    </dict>
diff --git a/data/Dockerfiles/watchdog/check_mysql_slavestatus.sh b/data/Dockerfiles/watchdog/check_mysql_slavestatus.sh
index ed4f0db4d..4788b9b70 100755
--- a/data/Dockerfiles/watchdog/check_mysql_slavestatus.sh
+++ b/data/Dockerfiles/watchdog/check_mysql_slavestatus.sh
@@ -132,9 +132,9 @@ fi
 
 # Connect to the DB server and store output in vars
 if [[ -n $socket ]]; then 
-  ConnectionResult=$(mysql ${optfile} ${socket} ${user} -e "show slave ${connection} status\G" 2>&1)
+  ConnectionResult=$(mariadb --skip-ssl ${optfile} ${socket} ${user} -e "show slave ${connection} status\G" 2>&1)
 else
-  ConnectionResult=$(mysql ${optfile} ${host} ${port} ${user} -e "show slave ${connection} status\G" 2>&1)
+  ConnectionResult=$(mariadb --skip-ssl ${optfile} ${host} ${port} ${user} -e "show slave ${connection} status\G" 2>&1)
 fi
 
 if [ -z "`echo "${ConnectionResult}" |grep Slave_IO_State`" ]; then
diff --git a/data/Dockerfiles/watchdog/watchdog.sh b/data/Dockerfiles/watchdog/watchdog.sh
index dac0335fb..9d6f6609f 100755
--- a/data/Dockerfiles/watchdog/watchdog.sh
+++ b/data/Dockerfiles/watchdog/watchdog.sh
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ external_checks() {
   diff_c=0
   THRESHOLD=${EXTERNAL_CHECKS_THRESHOLD}
   # Reduce error count by 2 after restarting an unhealthy container
-  GUID=$(mysql -u${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} -e "SELECT version FROM versions WHERE application = 'GUID'" -BN)
+  GUID=$(mariadb --skip-ssl -u${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} -e "SELECT version FROM versions WHERE application = 'GUID'" -BN)
   trap "[ ${err_count} -gt 1 ] && err_count=$(( ${err_count} - 2 ))" USR1
   while [ ${err_count} -lt ${THRESHOLD} ]; do
     err_c_cur=${err_count}