diff --git a/wsl/roles/mariadb/tasks/main.yml b/wsl/roles/mariadb/tasks/main.yml
index c28126e..809e3c1 100644
--- a/wsl/roles/mariadb/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/wsl/roles/mariadb/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,21 @@
 ---
-- name: Install the latest version of MariaDB
-  command: "dnf install python3-mysqlclient mariadb-server -y"
-- name: Enable and start MariaDB service
-  command: systemctl enable --now mariadb
+- name: Create MariaDB 11.4 repo file
+  template:
+    src: "{{ mariadb_repo_src }}"
+    dest: "{{ mariadb_repo_dest }}"
+    owner: "{{ config.system.username }}"
+    group: "{{ config.system.username }}"
+- name: Install MariaDB 11.4
+  ansible.builtin.dnf:
+    name:
+      - python3-mysqlclient
+      - mariadb-server
+    state: present
+- name: Enable and start MariaDB
+  ansible.builtin.service:
+    name: mariadb
+    enabled: true
+    state: started
 - name: Set MariaDB root password
   mysql_user:
     login_user: root
diff --git a/wsl/roles/mariadb/templates/MariaDB.repo.j2 b/wsl/roles/mariadb/templates/MariaDB.repo.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c2118e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wsl/roles/mariadb/templates/MariaDB.repo.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[mariadb]
+name = MariaDB
+baseurl = https://rpm.mariadb.org/11.4/almalinux/$releasever/$basearch
+gpgkey= https://rpm.mariadb.org/RPM-GPG-KEY-MariaDB
+gpgcheck=1
diff --git a/wsl/roles/mariadb/vars/main.yml b/wsl/roles/mariadb/vars/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4cafd8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wsl/roles/mariadb/vars/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+mariadb_repo_src: MariaDB.repo.j2
+mariadb_repo_dest: /etc/yum.repos.d/MariaDB.repo