diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci-mariadb.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/ci-mariadb.yaml
index fd2f4fa..b7629e5 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci-mariadb.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci-mariadb.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
           --health-retries=3
     env:
       RAILS_ENV: test
-      DB_HOST: mariadb
+      DB_HOST: "${DB_HOST:-mariadb}"
       DB_ROOT_PASSWORD: "${DB_ROOT_PASSWORD:-root}"
       DB_DATABASE: "${DB_DATABASE:-aperonight_test}"
       DB_USERNAME: "${DB_USERNAME:-root}"