diff --git a/rails/gitlab-ci.yml b/rails/gitlab-ci.yml
index 4935870e042aec7c918b0d013cc0e03dbeb03dbd..ff10cdf634c1d462e6da526d545c2da4427816c2 100644
--- a/rails/gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/rails/gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ rails_test:
     MYSQL_USER: mysql
     MYSQL_PASSWORD: mysql
     MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: mysql
-    MYSQL_HOST: mysql
+    MYSQL_HOST: mariadb
     MYSQL_PORT: 3306
     POSTGRES_DB: postgres
     POSTGRES_USER: postgres
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ rails_system_test:
     MYSQL_USER: mysql
     MYSQL_PASSWORD: mysql
     MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: mysql
-    MYSQL_HOST: mysql
+    MYSQL_HOST: mariadb
     MYSQL_PORT: 3306
     POSTGRES_DB: postgres
     POSTGRES_USER: postgres