diff --git a/.docker/docker-compose.yml b/.docker/docker-compose.yml
index 07e64f048e21508dcdbee0c132b698e72d160aea..43ea448ae34ea5f1bbf586b72eac78490ceb72eb 100644
--- a/.docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/.docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ services:
     hostname: metadata-db
     image: docker.io/bitnami/mariadb-galera:${MARIADB_VERSION}
     volumes:
-      - metadata-db-data:/var/lib/mysql
+      - metadata-db-data:/bitnami/mariadb
       - ./config/1_setup-schema.sql:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/1_setup-schema.sql
       - ./config/2_setup-data.sql:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/2_setup-data.sql
     ports:
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ services:
     hostname: data-db
     image: docker.io/bitnami/mariadb-galera:${MARIADB_VERSION}
     volumes:
-      - data-db-data:/var/lib/mysql
+      - data-db-data:/bitnami/mariadb
       - ./config/1_grant-user.sql:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/1_grant-user.sql
     ports:
       - "3307:3306"
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 33ef52a7b016601865a50f517a72267ce49033d6..553b597ef80063ae7570e39f5366207f916affaf 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ services:
     hostname: metadata-db
     image: docker.io/bitnami/mariadb-galera:${MARIADB_VERSION}
     volumes:
-      - metadata-db-data:/var/lib/mysql
+      - metadata-db-data:/bitnami/mariadb
       - ./dbrepo-metadata-db/1_setup-schema.sql:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/1_setup-schema.sql
       - ./dbrepo-metadata-db/2_setup-data.sql:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/2_setup-data.sql
     ports:
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ services:
     hostname: data-db
     image: docker.io/bitnami/mariadb-galera:${MARIADB_VERSION}
     volumes:
-      - data-db-data:/var/lib/mysql
+      - data-db-data:/bitnami/mariadb
       - ./dbrepo-data-db/1_grant-user.sql:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/1_grant-user.sql
     ports:
       - "3307:3306"