diff --git a/install/debian-install.sh b/install/debian-install.sh
index baad2254..d315d267 100644
--- a/install/debian-install.sh
+++ b/install/debian-install.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ update_os
 #NODE_VERSION="22" NODE_MODULE="yarn" install_node_and_modules
 
 #PG_VERSION="15"
-MARIADB_VERSION="10.11"
+MARIADB_VERSION="11.8"
 #MYSQL_VERSION="8.0"
 
 #install_postgresql
diff --git a/misc/tools.func b/misc/tools.func
index 45f283a5..d9c85987 100644
--- a/misc/tools.func
+++ b/misc/tools.func
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ install_mariadb() {
     msg_info "MariaDB $MARIADB_VERSION already installed, checking for upgrade"
     $STD apt-get update
     $STD apt-get install --only-upgrade -y mariadb-server mariadb-client
-    msg_ok "MariaDB $MARIADB_VERSION upgraded if applicable"
+    msg_ok "MariaDB upgraded to $MARIADB_VERSION"
     return 0
   fi
 
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ install_mariadb() {
     $STD apt-get purge -y 'mariadb*' || true
     rm -f /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mariadb.list /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/mariadb.gpg
   else
-    msg_info "Installing MariaDB $MARIADB_VERSION"
+    msg_info "Setup MariaDB $MARIADB_VERSION"
   fi
 
   msg_info "Setting up MariaDB Repository"