diff --git a/infrastructure/databases/mariadb-operator/cluster/mariadb.yaml b/infrastructure/databases/mariadb-operator/cluster/mariadb.yaml
index 72756ec..cdd709d 100644
--- a/infrastructure/databases/mariadb-operator/cluster/mariadb.yaml
+++ b/infrastructure/databases/mariadb-operator/cluster/mariadb.yaml
@@ -5,27 +5,21 @@ metadata:
   namespace: mariadb-operator-system
 spec:
   replicas: 3
-
   replication:
     enabled: true
    # primary:
       #automaticFailover: true
-
   rootPasswordSecretKeyRef:
     name: mariadb-secrets
     key: password
-
   storage:
     size: 20Gi
-
   # Optional but recommended
   service:
     type: ClusterIP
-
   # Helps with stable operation in GitOps
   updateStrategy:
     type: ReplicasFirstPrimaryLast
-
   # Basic resource safety
   resources:
     requests:
diff --git a/infrastructure/databases/mariadb-operator/helmrelease.yaml b/infrastructure/databases/mariadb-operator/helmrelease.yaml
index a8e6503..55ad3a6 100644
--- a/infrastructure/databases/mariadb-operator/helmrelease.yaml
+++ b/infrastructure/databases/mariadb-operator/helmrelease.yaml
@@ -14,3 +14,7 @@ spec:
         kind: HelmRepository
         name: mariadb-operator
         namespace: flux-system
+  valuesFrom:
+    - kind: ConfigMap
+      name: mariadb-operator-values
+      valuesKey: values.yaml
diff --git a/infrastructure/databases/mariadb-operator/kustomization.yaml b/infrastructure/databases/mariadb-operator/kustomization.yaml
index 61a1615..b02446e 100644
--- a/infrastructure/databases/mariadb-operator/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/infrastructure/databases/mariadb-operator/kustomization.yaml
@@ -6,3 +6,13 @@ resources:
 - crds
 - cluster
 - mariadb-clustersecrets.yaml
+
+namespace: mariadb-operator-system
+
+configMapGenerator:
+  - name: mariadb-operator-values
+    files:
+      - values.yaml
+
+generatorOptions:
+  disableNameSuffixHash: true
diff --git a/infrastructure/databases/mariadb-operator/values.yaml b/infrastructure/databases/mariadb-operator/values.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3bf15eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/databases/mariadb-operator/values.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+image:
+  repository: docker-registry3.mariadb.com/mariadb-operator/mariadb-operator
+  pullPolicy: IfNotPresent