diff --git a/.examples/docker-compose/insecure/mariadb/apache/docker-compose.yml b/.examples/docker-compose/insecure/mariadb/apache/docker-compose.yml
index 70ed73bb..d5e30393 100644
--- a/.examples/docker-compose/insecure/mariadb/apache/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/.examples/docker-compose/insecure/mariadb/apache/docker-compose.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ services:
       - db:/var/lib/mysql
     environment:
       - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=
+      - MARIADB_AUTO_UPGRADE=1
+      - MARIADB_DISABLE_UPGRADE_BACKUP=1
     env_file:
       - db.env
 
diff --git a/.examples/docker-compose/insecure/mariadb/fpm/docker-compose.yml b/.examples/docker-compose/insecure/mariadb/fpm/docker-compose.yml
index 44c79485..c3c94f39 100644
--- a/.examples/docker-compose/insecure/mariadb/fpm/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/.examples/docker-compose/insecure/mariadb/fpm/docker-compose.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ services:
       - db:/var/lib/mysql
     environment:
       - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=
+      - MARIADB_AUTO_UPGRADE=1
+      - MARIADB_DISABLE_UPGRADE_BACKUP=1
     env_file:
       - db.env
 
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 84e91a41..eaf18678 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
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ services:
       - db:/var/lib/mysql
     environment:
       - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=
+      - MARIADB_AUTO_UPGRADE=1
+      - MARIADB_DISABLE_UPGRADE_BACKUP=1
     env_file:
       - db.env
 
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 33b3d92b..80088993 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
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ services:
       - db:/var/lib/mysql
     environment:
       - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=
+      - MARIADB_AUTO_UPGRADE=1
+      - MARIADB_DISABLE_UPGRADE_BACKUP=1
     env_file:
       - db.env