diff --git a/_service b/_service
index 1652e46..9e8b85e 100644
--- a/_service
+++ b/_service
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 <services>
   <service mode="buildtime" name="docker_label_helper"/>
   <service mode="buildtime" name="kiwi_metainfo_helper"/>
+  <service name="replace_using_package_version" mode="buildtime">
+    <param name="file">docker-entrypoint.sh</param>
+    <param name="regex">%%mariadb_version%%</param>
+    <param name="package">mariadb</param>
+    <param name="parse-version">patch</param>
+  </service>
 </services>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker-entrypoint.sh b/docker-entrypoint.sh
index 7ba3edd..7cae88e 100644
--- a/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ docker_create_db_directories() {
 }
 
 _mariadb_version() {
-	echo -n "11.2.3-MariaDB"
+	echo -n "%%mariadb_version%%-MariaDB"
 }
 
 # initializes the database directory
diff --git a/mariadb-image.changes b/mariadb-image.changes
index f8a3146..1ea51f7 100644
--- a/mariadb-image.changes
+++ b/mariadb-image.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jun 17 08:07:32 UTC 2024 - Dan Čermák <dcermak@suse.com>
+
+- Use service to set version in docker-entrypoint.sh
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Jun 13 14:30:53 UTC 2024 - Dirk Mueller <dmueller@suse.com>