diff --git a/bitnami/mariadb/10.3/debian-10/Dockerfile b/bitnami/mariadb/10.3/debian-10/Dockerfile
index dbe54a4481a1..223f6fce95db 100644
--- a/bitnami/mariadb/10.3/debian-10/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/mariadb/10.3/debian-10/Dockerfile
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ RUN mkdir /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d
 COPY rootfs /
 RUN /opt/bitnami/scripts/mariadb/postunpack.sh
 ENV BITNAMI_APP_NAME="mariadb" \
-    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="10.3.23-debian-10-r72" \
+    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="10.3.23-debian-10-r73" \
     PATH="/opt/bitnami/common/bin:/opt/bitnami/mariadb/bin:/opt/bitnami/mariadb/sbin:$PATH"
 
 EXPOSE 3306
diff --git a/bitnami/mariadb/10.3/debian-10/docker-compose.yml b/bitnami/mariadb/10.3/debian-10/docker-compose.yml
index 94db5cbdbac2..b1a30b268fff 100644
--- a/bitnami/mariadb/10.3/debian-10/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/bitnami/mariadb/10.3/debian-10/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version: '2'
+version: '2.1'
 
 services:
   mariadb:
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ services:
     environment:
       # ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD is recommended only for development.
       - ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD=yes
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ['CMD', '/opt/bitnami/scripts/mariadb/healthcheck.sh']
+      interval: 15s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 6
 
 volumes:
   mariadb_data:
diff --git a/bitnami/mariadb/10.3/debian-10/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libmariadb.sh b/bitnami/mariadb/10.3/debian-10/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libmariadb.sh
index 3212ef1470b8..8ab9efda55cc 100644
--- a/bitnami/mariadb/10.3/debian-10/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libmariadb.sh
+++ b/bitnami/mariadb/10.3/debian-10/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libmariadb.sh
@@ -1203,3 +1203,24 @@ find_jemalloc_lib() {
     done
     echo "${path:-}"
 }
+
+########################
+# Execute a reliable health check against the current mysql instance
+# Globals:
+#   DB_ROOT_PASSWORD, DB_MASTER_ROOT_PASSWORD
+# Arguments:
+#   None
+# Returns:
+#   mysqladmin output
+#########################
+mysql_healthcheck() {
+    local args=("-uroot" "-h0.0.0.0")
+    local root_password
+
+    root_password="$(get_master_env_var_value ROOT_PASSWORD)"
+    if [[ -n "$root_password" ]]; then
+        args+=("-p${root_password}")
+    fi
+
+    mysqladmin "${args[@]}" ping && mysqladmin "${args[@]}" status
+}
diff --git a/bitnami/mariadb/10.3/debian-10/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/mariadb/healthcheck.sh b/bitnami/mariadb/10.3/debian-10/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/mariadb/healthcheck.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..ff6ddfd03b87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bitnami/mariadb/10.3/debian-10/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/mariadb/healthcheck.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC1091
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
+# set -o xtrace # Uncomment this line for debugging purposes
+
+# Load libraries
+. /opt/bitnami/scripts/libmariadb.sh
+
+# Load MySQL environment variables
+. /opt/bitnami/scripts/mariadb-env.sh
+
+mysql_healthcheck
diff --git a/bitnami/mariadb/README.md b/bitnami/mariadb/README.md
index 031888134117..0944e63f818e 100644
--- a/bitnami/mariadb/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/mariadb/README.md
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Learn more about the Bitnami tagging policy and the difference between rolling t
 
 * [`10.5-debian-10`, `10.5.4-debian-10-r32`, `10.5`, `10.5.4`, `latest` (10.5/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-mariadb/blob/10.5.4-debian-10-r32/10.5/debian-10/Dockerfile)
 * [`10.4-debian-10`, `10.4.13-debian-10-r74`, `10.4`, `10.4.13` (10.4/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-mariadb/blob/10.4.13-debian-10-r74/10.4/debian-10/Dockerfile)
-* [`10.3-debian-10`, `10.3.23-debian-10-r72`, `10.3`, `10.3.23` (10.3/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-mariadb/blob/10.3.23-debian-10-r72/10.3/debian-10/Dockerfile)
+* [`10.3-debian-10`, `10.3.23-debian-10-r73`, `10.3`, `10.3.23` (10.3/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-mariadb/blob/10.3.23-debian-10-r73/10.3/debian-10/Dockerfile)
 * [`10.2-debian-10`, `10.2.32-debian-10-r77`, `10.2`, `10.2.32` (10.2/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-mariadb/blob/10.2.32-debian-10-r77/10.2/debian-10/Dockerfile)
 * [`10.1-debian-10`, `10.1.45-debian-10-r77`, `10.1`, `10.1.45` (10.1/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-mariadb/blob/10.1.45-debian-10-r77/10.1/debian-10/Dockerfile)