diff --git a/bitnami/mariadb/Dockerfile b/bitnami/mariadb/Dockerfile
index e5044f2d543a..2df296bb4db1 100644
--- a/bitnami/mariadb/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/mariadb/Dockerfile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 ## RUNNING
 ##   $ docker run ubuntu-for-bitnami-bitnami-docker-mariadb
 
-FROM gcr.io/stacksmith-images/ubuntu:14.04-r10
+FROM gcr.io/stacksmith-images/minideb:jessie-r0
 
 MAINTAINER Bitnami <containers@bitnami.com>