diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 68c5bb7..72a6ba8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 
 - New Nginx package based on latest Nginx stable release 1.22.2
 - Better Referrer-Policy ([PR #434](https://github.com/WordOps/WordOps/pull/434))
-- MariaDB default version is now 10.6
+- MariaDB default version is now 10.11
 
 #### Fixed
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 15aa1d6..7d85076 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 - **Easy to install** : One step automated installer with migration from EasyEngine v3 support
 - **Fast deployment** : Fast and automated WordPress, Nginx, PHP, MySQL & Redis installation
 - **Custom Nginx build** : Nginx 1.22.1 - TLS v1.3 Cloudflare HTTP/2 HPACK & Brotli support
-- **Up-to-date** : PHP 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.0, 8.1 & 8.2 - MariaDB 10.6 & Redis 7.0
+- **Up-to-date** : PHP 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.0, 8.1 & 8.2 - MariaDB 10.11 & Redis 7.0
 - **Secured** : Hardened WordPress security with strict Nginx location directives
 - **Powerful** : Optimized Nginx configurations with multiple cache backends support
 - **SSL** : Domain, Subdomain & Wildcard Let's Encrypt SSL certificates with DNS API support
diff --git a/config/wo.conf b/config/wo.conf
index 698f601..162220e 100644
--- a/config/wo.conf
+++ b/config/wo.conf
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ version = 8.1
 [mariadb]
 
 ### Default MariaDB release
-release = 10.6
+release = 10.11
 
 [update]
 
diff --git a/wo/core/variables.py b/wo/core/variables.py
index 0e0ae60..006df75 100644
--- a/wo/core/variables.py
+++ b/wo/core/variables.py
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ class WOVar():
         else:
             mariadb_ver = '10.3'
     else:
-        mariadb_ver = '10.6'
+        mariadb_ver = '10.11'
         wo_mysql = wo_mysql + ["mariadb-backup"]
 
     wo_mysql_client = ["mariadb-client", "python3-mysqldb"]