diff --git a/src/server/database/Database/DatabaseWorkerPool.cpp b/src/server/database/Database/DatabaseWorkerPool.cpp
index f4ad764..0fd9b5f 100644
--- a/src/server/database/Database/DatabaseWorkerPool.cpp
+++ b/src/server/database/Database/DatabaseWorkerPool.cpp
@@ -434,18 +434,23 @@ bool DatabaseIncompatibleVersion(std::string const mysqlVersion)
     std::string ver = mysqlVersion;
     std::string minVersion = MIN_MYSQL_SERVER_VERSION;
 
-    // MariaDB: mysql_get_server_info() often starts with MySQL-compat "5.5.5-" then real version, e.g.
-    // "5.5.5-10.6.11-MariaDB-1:10.6.11+maria~ubu2004"
+    // MariaDB: version string may be:
+    // - "5.5.5-10.6.11-MariaDB-1:10.6.11+maria~..." (MySQL wire compat prefix)
+    // - "10.6.11-MariaDB-1:10.6.11+maria~..." (no 5.5.5- prefix)
+    // parseTriplet() on the full second form stops at the first '-', yielding 10.6.11.
+    // Never take "firstDash..secondDash" — that becomes "MariaDB" and compares as 0.0.0.
     if (ver.find("MariaDB") != std::string::npos)
     {
-        size_t const firstDash = ver.find('-');
-        if (firstDash != std::string::npos)
-        {
-            size_t const secondDash = ver.find('-', firstDash + 1);
-            if (secondDash != std::string::npos)
-                ver = ver.substr(firstDash + 1, secondDash - firstDash - 1);
-        }
         minVersion = MIN_MARIADB_SERVER_VERSION;
+        if (ver.compare(0, 6, "5.5.5-") == 0)
+        {
+            size_t const afterPrefix = 6;
+            size_t const nextDash = ver.find('-', afterPrefix);
+            if (nextDash != std::string::npos)
+                ver = ver.substr(afterPrefix, nextDash - afterPrefix);
+            else
+                ver = ver.substr(afterPrefix);
+        }
     }
 
     return compareVersion(parseTriplet(ver), parseTriplet(minVersion)) < 0;