diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2ebf6b497c8c77f2731e8fe08c1cab066c234cc4..9ae5d629788999c25894f315ce65b49fb2fe3b1c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ variables:
   REDIS_HOST: redis
   REDIS_INTERFACE: PhpRedis
   OPT_IN_TEST_PREVIOUS_MINOR: 1
+  _TARGET_DB_TYPE: "mariadb"
+  _TARGET_DB_VERSION: "10.6"
 
 .composer-base:
   before_script: