diff --git a/.examples/docker-compose/insecure/mariadb/apache/docker-compose.yml b/.examples/docker-compose/insecure/mariadb/apache/docker-compose.yml
index 11ff5bf9f..222bdb8db 100644
--- a/.examples/docker-compose/insecure/mariadb/apache/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/.examples/docker-compose/insecure/mariadb/apache/docker-compose.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ version: '3'
 
 services:
   db:
-    image: mariadb:10.6
-    command: --transaction-isolation=READ-COMMITTED --log-bin=binlog --binlog-format=ROW
+    image: mariadb:11.3.2
+    command: --transaction-isolation=READ-COMMITTED --log-bin=binlog --binlog-format=ROW --character-set-server=utf8
     restart: always
     volumes:
       - db:/var/lib/mysql:Z
diff --git a/.examples/docker-compose/insecure/mariadb/fpm/docker-compose.yml b/.examples/docker-compose/insecure/mariadb/fpm/docker-compose.yml
index e293a92c3..6702279c8 100644
--- a/.examples/docker-compose/insecure/mariadb/fpm/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/.examples/docker-compose/insecure/mariadb/fpm/docker-compose.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ version: '3'
 
 services:
   db:
-    image: mariadb:10.6
-    command: --transaction-isolation=READ-COMMITTED --log-bin=binlog --binlog-format=ROW
+    image: mariadb:11.3.2
+    command: --transaction-isolation=READ-COMMITTED --log-bin=binlog --binlog-format=ROW --character-set-server=utf8
     restart: always
     volumes:
       - db:/var/lib/mysql:Z
diff --git a/.examples/docker-compose/with-nginx-proxy/mariadb/apache/docker-compose.yml b/.examples/docker-compose/with-nginx-proxy/mariadb/apache/docker-compose.yml
index b88a35947..b6ef75ecf 100644
--- a/.examples/docker-compose/with-nginx-proxy/mariadb/apache/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/.examples/docker-compose/with-nginx-proxy/mariadb/apache/docker-compose.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ version: '3'
 
 services:
   db:
-    image: mariadb:10.6
-    command: --transaction-isolation=READ-COMMITTED --log-bin=binlog --binlog-format=ROW
+    image: mariadb:11.3.2
+    command: --transaction-isolation=READ-COMMITTED --log-bin=binlog --binlog-format=ROW --character-set-server=utf8
     restart: always
     volumes:
       - db:/var/lib/mysql:Z
diff --git a/.examples/docker-compose/with-nginx-proxy/mariadb/fpm/docker-compose.yml b/.examples/docker-compose/with-nginx-proxy/mariadb/fpm/docker-compose.yml
index 94196e9f9..614ef380c 100644
--- a/.examples/docker-compose/with-nginx-proxy/mariadb/fpm/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/.examples/docker-compose/with-nginx-proxy/mariadb/fpm/docker-compose.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ version: '3'
 
 services:
   db:
-    image: mariadb:10.6
-    command: --transaction-isolation=READ-COMMITTED --log-bin=binlog --binlog-format=ROW
+    image: mariadb:11.3.2
+    command: --transaction-isolation=READ-COMMITTED --log-bin=binlog --binlog-format=ROW --character-set-server=utf8
     restart: always
     volumes:
       - db:/var/lib/mysql:Z