diff --git b/.github/workflows/phpunit-mariadb.yml a/.github/workflows/phpunit-mariadb.yml
index fcc701967..c9c5a4e3e 100644
--- b/.github/workflows/phpunit-mariadb.yml
+++ a/.github/workflows/phpunit-mariadb.yml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         php-versions: ${{ fromJson(needs.matrix.outputs.php-version) }}
         server-versions: ${{ fromJson(needs.matrix.outputs.server-max) }}
-        mariadb-versions: ['10.6', '11.4']
+        mariadb-versions: ['10.6', '11.8']

     name: MariaDB ${{ matrix.mariadb-versions }} PHP ${{ matrix.php-versions }} Nextcloud ${{ matrix.server-versions }}