diff --git a/bitnami/mariadb/Dockerfile b/bitnami/mariadb/Dockerfile
index 14801e34b9ff..0321fac1b6d8 100644
--- a/bitnami/mariadb/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/mariadb/Dockerfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ MAINTAINER Bitnami <containers@bitnami.com>
 ENV BITNAMI_APP_DIR=$BITNAMI_PREFIX/mysql \
     BITNAMI_APP_NAME=mariadb \
     BITNAMI_APP_USER=mysql \
-    BITNAMI_APP_VERSION=5.5.42-2-r01
+    BITNAMI_APP_VERSION=5.5.44-0
 
 ENV BITNAMI_APP_VOL_PREFIX=/bitnami/$BITNAMI_APP_NAME \
     PATH=$BITNAMI_APP_DIR/bin:$PATH
diff --git a/bitnami/mariadb/installer.run.sha256 b/bitnami/mariadb/installer.run.sha256
index b0988476c677..0045bbf0bd7b 100644
--- a/bitnami/mariadb/installer.run.sha256
+++ b/bitnami/mariadb/installer.run.sha256
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2e60635257e21e7eeefe95b7017c93edb4173c33bf76b63158d9055580e66efc /tmp/installer.run
+9415dea08f458bc4d7ec7c02f2c1309e3c09ca0f63a6898498131ef05669d16a /tmp/installer.run
diff --git a/bitnami/mariadb/test.sh b/bitnami/mariadb/test.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 4a79f9e32667..4a1c98c825db
--- a/bitnami/mariadb/test.sh
+++ b/bitnami/mariadb/test.sh
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bats
 CONTAINER_NAME=bitnami-mariadb-test
-IMAGE_NAME=bitnami/mariadb
+IMAGE_NAME=${IMAGE_NAME:-bitnami/mariadb}
 SLEEP_TIME=5
 MARIADB_DATABASE=test_database
 MARIADB_USER=test_user
 MARIADB_PASSWORD=test_password
 VOL_PREFIX=/bitnami/mariadb
-HOST_VOL_PREFIX=/tmp/bitnami/$CONTAINER_NAME
+HOST_VOL_PREFIX=${HOST_VOL_PREFIX:-/tmp/bitnami/$CONTAINER_NAME}
 
 cleanup_running_containers() {
   if [ "$(docker ps -a | grep $CONTAINER_NAME)" ]; then