diff --git a/scripts/_common.sh b/scripts/_common.sh
index 92977e3..1387a6a 100644
--- a/scripts/_common.sh
+++ b/scripts/_common.sh
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@
 # COMMON VARIABLES
 #=================================================
 
-php_dependencies="php$YNH_DEFAULT_PHP_VERSION-ctype php$YNH_DEFAULT_PHP_VERSION-curl php$YNH_DEFAULT_PHP_VERSION-mbstring php$YNH_DEFAULT_PHP_VERSION-mcrypt php$YNH_DEFAULT_PHP_VERSION-tokenizer php$YNH_DEFAULT_PHP_VERSION-xml php$YNH_DEFAULT_PHP_VERSION-xmlreader php$YNH_DEFAULT_PHP_VERSION-xmlwriter php$YNH_DEFAULT_PHP_VERSION-mysql"
+YNH_PHP_VERSION="8.1"
+
+php_dependencies="php$YNH_PHP_VERSION-ctype php$YNH_PHP_VERSION-curl php$YNH_PHP_VERSION-mbstring php$YNH_PHP_VERSION-mcrypt php$YNH_PHP_VERSION-tokenizer php$YNH_PHP_VERSION-xml php$YNH_PHP_VERSION-xmlreader php$YNH_PHP_VERSION-xmlwriter php$YNH_PHP_VERSION-mysql"
 
 # dependencies used by the app (must be on a single line)
-pkg_dependencies="$php_dependencies"
+pkg_dependencies="$php_dependencies mariadb-server"
 
 #=================================================
 # PERSONAL HELPERS