diff --git a/manifest.yaml b/manifest.yaml
index 3ac6074..1185f15 100644
--- a/manifest.yaml
+++ b/manifest.yaml
@@ -109,6 +109,9 @@ db:
       code: exec("mariadb", "/usr/bin/bash", "-c", "echo 'SELECT version();' | mysql -u${MARIADB_USER} -p${MARIADB_PASSWORD}") contains?("-MariaDB-")
       period: 5
       initialDelay: 5
+    liveness:
+      code: exec("mariadb", "/usr/bin/bash", "-c", "echo 'SELECT version();' | mysql -u${MARIADB_USER} -p${MARIADB_PASSWORD}") contains?("-MariaDB-")
+      period: 60
   containers:
     mariadb:
       image: mariadb