diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 8b91b6f..a449de3 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ RUN set -euo pipefail; zypper -n in --no-recommends mariadb mariadb-tools gawk t
 ENTRYPOINT ["docker-entrypoint.sh"]
 CMD ["mariadbd"]
 EXPOSE 3306
-# sanity check that the version from the tag is equal to the version that we expect
-RUN set -euo pipefail; [[ $(rpm -q --qf "%{version}" mariadb-client | cut -d "." -f -2) = "11.2" ]]
+# sanity check that the version from the tag is equal to the version of mariadb-client that we expect
+RUN set -euo pipefail; [ "$(rpm -q --qf '%{version}' mariadb-client | cut -d '.' -f -2)" = "11.2" ]
 
 RUN set -euo pipefail; mkdir /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d
 
diff --git a/mariadb-image.changes b/mariadb-image.changes
index 2c5f5a5..7c81d4c 100644
--- a/mariadb-image.changes
+++ b/mariadb-image.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jun  5 12:47:13 UTC 2024 - Dan Čermák <dcermak@suse.com>
+
+- Avoid bashism version check
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jun  4 12:35:15 UTC 2024 - Alexandre Vicenzi <alexandre.vicenzi@suse.com>