diff --git a/images/ska-tango-images-tango-db/.release b/images/ska-tango-images-tango-db/.release
index a2f3142c8fa269a481bca1a5281ed83c5c40f8d2..8e24ede2d65fb81dc7725ac76bf402cef0341ae9 100644
--- a/images/ska-tango-images-tango-db/.release
+++ b/images/ska-tango-images-tango-db/.release
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-release=10.4.16
-tag=10.4.16
+release=10.4.17
+tag=10.4.17
diff --git a/images/ska-tango-images-tango-db/Dockerfile b/images/ska-tango-images-tango-db/Dockerfile
index 7da5daf7aaca9f8d2ef45f08424a37273a093737..a56bcd65fb84ddd96cef06df30fd8fcde15de153 100644
--- a/images/ska-tango-images-tango-db/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/ska-tango-images-tango-db/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ARG BASE_IMAGE="mariadb:10"
+ARG BASE_IMAGE="mariadb:10.7.4-focal"
 FROM $BASE_IMAGE AS builder
 
 ENV TANGO_DOWNLOAD_URL=https://artefact.skao.int/repository/raw-internal/ska-tango-images/libraries/tango-9.3.4.tar.gz