diff --git a/compose.mariadb.yml b/compose.mariadb.yml
index 417dd78..74358fc 100644
--- a/compose.mariadb.yml
+++ b/compose.mariadb.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ services:
         backupbot.backup.volumes.mariadb.path: "dump.sql.gz"
         backupbot.restore.post-hook: "gzip -d /var/lib/mysql/dump.sql.gz && mariadb -u root -p\"$$(cat /run/secrets/db_root_password)\" kuma < /var/lib/mysql/dump.sql && rm -f /var/lib/mysql/dump.sql"
     healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD-SHELL", 'mariadb-admin -p"$$(cat $MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD_FILE)"  ping']
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", 'mariadb-admin -u"$$MYSQL_USER" -p"$$(cat $$MYSQL_PASSWORD_FILE)" ping']
       interval: 30s
       timeout: 10s
       retries: 10