diff --git a/docker/compose/docker-compose.mariadb-tika.yml b/docker/compose/docker-compose.mariadb-tika.yml
index 238068184..8a4a72040 100644
--- a/docker/compose/docker-compose.mariadb-tika.yml
+++ b/docker/compose/docker-compose.mariadb-tika.yml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ services:
       PAPERLESS_REDIS: redis://broker:6379
       PAPERLESS_DBENGINE: mariadb
       PAPERLESS_DBHOST: db
-      PAPERLESS_DBUSER: root
+      PAPERLESS_DBUSER: paperless
       PAPERLESS_DBPASSWORD: paperless
       PAPERLESS_DBPORT: 3306
       PAPERLESS_TIKA_ENABLED: 1
diff --git a/docker/compose/docker-compose.mariadb.yml b/docker/compose/docker-compose.mariadb.yml
index 5242e18bf..dd95bf7b8 100644
--- a/docker/compose/docker-compose.mariadb.yml
+++ b/docker/compose/docker-compose.mariadb.yml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ services:
       PAPERLESS_REDIS: redis://broker:6379
       PAPERLESS_DBENGINE: mariadb
       PAPERLESS_DBHOST: db
-      PAPERLESS_DBUSER: root
+      PAPERLESS_DBUSER: paperless
       PAPERLESS_DBPASSWORD: paperless
       PAPERLESS_DBPORT: 3306