diff --git a/templates/compose/classicpress-with-mysql.yaml b/templates/compose/classicpress-with-mysql.yaml
index 5304a694f..6afbf5ee4 100644
--- a/templates/compose/classicpress-with-mysql.yaml
+++ b/templates/compose/classicpress-with-mysql.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ services:
       timeout: 10s
       retries: 10
   mariadb:
-    image: mysql:5.7
+    image: mysql:8
     volumes:
       - mysql-data:/var/lib/mysql
     environment: