diff --git a/.github/workflows/REUSABLE_backend.yml b/.github/workflows/REUSABLE_backend.yml
index 6a200b3a45..3bd328145d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/REUSABLE_backend.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/REUSABLE_backend.yml
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ jobs:
 
     services:
       mysql:
-        image: ${{ contains(fromJson('["mysql", "mariadb"]'), matrix.driver) && matrix.service || '' }}
+        image: ${{ matrix.driver == 'mysql' && matrix.service || '' }}
         env:
           MYSQL_DATABASE: ${{ env.DB_DATABASE }}
           MYSQL_USER: ${{ env.DB_USERNAME }}
@@ -163,6 +163,16 @@ jobs:
         ports:
           - 3306
         options: --health-cmd="mysqladmin ping" --health-interval=10s --health-timeout=5s --health-retries=10
+      mariadb:
+        image: ${{ matrix.driver == 'mariadb' && matrix.service || '' }}
+        env:
+          MARIADB_DATABASE: ${{ env.DB_DATABASE }}
+          MARIADB_USER: ${{ env.DB_USERNAME }}
+          MARIADB_PASSWORD: ${{ env.DB_PASSWORD }}
+          MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD: root
+        ports:
+          - 3306
+        options: --health-cmd="healthcheck.sh --connect --innodb_initialized" --health-interval=10s --health-timeout=5s --health-retries=3
       postgres:
         image: ${{ matrix.driver == 'pgsql' && matrix.service || '' }}
         env:
@@ -221,7 +231,7 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: ${{ inputs.backend_directory }}
         env:
           DB_HOST: 127.0.0.1
-          DB_PORT: ${{ (contains(fromJson('["mysql", "mariadb"]'), matrix.driver) && job.services.mysql.ports['3306']) || (matrix.driver == 'pgsql' && job.services.postgres.ports['5432']) }}
+          DB_PORT: ${{ (matrix.driver == 'mysql' && job.services.mysql.ports['3306']) || (matrix.driver == 'mariadb' && job.services.mariadb.ports['3306']) || (matrix.driver == 'pgsql' && job.services.postgres.ports['5432']) }}
           DB_PREFIX: ${{ matrix.prefix }}
           DB_DRIVER: ${{ matrix.driver }}
           COMPOSER_PROCESS_TIMEOUT: 600