diff --git a/docker_db.sh b/docker_db.sh
index 14df639933..1bafd11d00 100755
--- a/docker_db.sh
+++ b/docker_db.sh
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ mysql_8_2() {
 }
 
 mariadb() {
-  mariadb_11_1
+  mariadb_11_3
 }
 
 mariadb_10_4() {
@@ -164,6 +164,29 @@ mariadb_11_1() {
     fi
 }
 
+mariadb_11_3() {
+    $CONTAINER_CLI rm -f mariadb || true
+    $CONTAINER_CLI run --name mariadb -e MYSQL_USER=hibernate_orm_test -e MYSQL_PASSWORD=hibernate_orm_test -e MYSQL_DATABASE=hibernate_orm_test -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=hibernate_orm_test -p3306:3306 -d docker.io/mariadb:11.3.1-rc --character-set-server=utf8mb4 --collation-server=utf8mb4_bin --skip-character-set-client-handshake
+    OUTPUT=
+    n=0
+    until [ "$n" -ge 5 ]
+    do
+        # Need to access STDERR. Thanks for the snippet https://stackoverflow.com/a/56577569/412446
+        { OUTPUT="$( { $CONTAINER_CLI logs mariadb; } 2>&1 1>&3 3>&- )"; } 3>&1;
+        if [[ $OUTPUT == *"ready for connections"* ]]; then
+          break;
+        fi
+        n=$((n+1))
+        echo "Waiting for MariaDB to start..."
+        sleep 3
+    done
+    if [ "$n" -ge 5 ]; then
+      echo "MariaDB failed to start and configure after 15 seconds"
+    else
+      echo "MariaDB successfully started"
+    fi
+}
+
 postgresql() {
   postgresql_15
 }
@@ -911,6 +934,7 @@ if [ -z ${1} ]; then
     echo -e "\tedb_12"
     echo -e "\thana"
     echo -e "\tmariadb"
+    echo -e "\tmariadb_11_3"
     echo -e "\tmariadb_11_1"
     echo -e "\tmariadb_10_9"
     echo -e "\tmariadb_10_4"