diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 682b8cec36b2d4af396697ff53f9ea2a9b3af0b1..d05c8199cb4d6bca27b2a041639fe54587c010ad 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@
 #
 
 services:
-  - name: mariadb:10.4
+  - mariadb:10.4
   - name: mysql:8.0
-    command: --default-authentication-plugin=mysql_native_password
+    command: ["--default-authentication-plugin=mysql_native_password"]
 
 variables:
   DEPLOY_REF: dev