This closes #117
diff --git a/software/database/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/entity/database/mariadb/MariaDbNode.java b/software/database/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/entity/database/mariadb/MariaDbNode.java
index bd06c6f..68c29b6 100644
--- a/software/database/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/entity/database/mariadb/MariaDbNode.java
+++ b/software/database/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/entity/database/mariadb/MariaDbNode.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
     @SetFromFlag("version")
     public static final ConfigKey<String> SUGGESTED_VERSION =
-        ConfigKeys.newConfigKeyWithDefault(SoftwareProcess.SUGGESTED_VERSION, "5.5.53");
+        ConfigKeys.newConfigKeyWithDefault(SoftwareProcess.SUGGESTED_VERSION, "10.2.6");
 
     // https://downloads.mariadb.org/interstitial/mariadb-5.5.33a/kvm-bintar-hardy-amd64/mariadb-5.5.33a-linux-x86_64.tar.gz/from/http://mirrors.coreix.net/mariadb
     // above redirects to download the artifactd from the URLs below.