diff --git a/infrastructure/databases/mariadb-operator/cluster/mariadb.yaml b/infrastructure/databases/mariadb-operator/cluster/mariadb.yaml
index 931b6c6..24caef1 100644
--- a/infrastructure/databases/mariadb-operator/cluster/mariadb.yaml
+++ b/infrastructure/databases/mariadb-operator/cluster/mariadb.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   replicas: 3
 
+replication:
+  enabled: true
+  primary:
+    automaticFailover: true
+
   rootPasswordSecretKeyRef:
     name: mariadb-root
     key: password