diff --git a/standalone-metastore/pom.xml b/standalone-metastore/pom.xml
index 15dda720a794..3eefae8d909e 100644
--- a/standalone-metastore/pom.xml
+++ b/standalone-metastore/pom.xml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
     <datanucleus-jdo.version>3.2.0-release</datanucleus-jdo.version>
     <datanucleus-rdbms.version>5.2.10</datanucleus-rdbms.version>
     <derby.version>10.14.2.0</derby.version>
-    <mariadb.version>2.5.0</mariadb.version>
+    <mariadb.version>2.7.14</mariadb.version>
     <mssql.version>6.2.1.jre8</mssql.version>
     <mysql.version>8.2.0</mysql.version>
     <postgres.version>42.7.3</postgres.version>