diff --git a/stable/mariadb/Chart.yaml b/stable/mariadb/Chart.yaml
index b7333a730c..38b56fbc8a 100644
--- a/stable/mariadb/Chart.yaml
+++ b/stable/mariadb/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: mariadb
-version: 0.5.9
+version: 0.5.10
 description: Fast, reliable, scalable, and easy to use open-source relational database system. MariaDB Server is intended for mission-critical, heavy-load production systems as well as for embedding into mass-deployed software.
 keywords:
 - mariadb
diff --git a/stable/mariadb/templates/deployment.yaml b/stable/mariadb/templates/deployment.yaml
index 2da9bb39c0..3903e1ddde 100644
--- a/stable/mariadb/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/stable/mariadb/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ spec:
               key: mariadb-password
         - name: MARIADB_DATABASE
           value: {{ default "" .Values.mariadbDatabase | quote }}
+        - name: ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD
+          value: "yes"
         ports:
         - name: mysql
           containerPort: 3306
diff --git a/stable/mariadb/values.yaml b/stable/mariadb/values.yaml
index 12923134fe..29763cf022 100644
--- a/stable/mariadb/values.yaml
+++ b/stable/mariadb/values.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ## ref: https://hub.docker.com/r/bitnami/mariadb/tags/
 ##
 ## Default: none
-image: bitnami/mariadb:10.1.21-r0
+image: bitnami/mariadb:10.1.21-r2
 
 ## Specify an imagePullPolicy (Required)
 ## It's recommended to change this to 'Always' if the image tag is 'latest'