diff --git a/extensions/devservices/mariadb/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devservices/mariadb/deployment/MariaDBDevServicesProcessor.java b/extensions/devservices/mariadb/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devservices/mariadb/deployment/MariaDBDevServicesProcessor.java
index 50046b1b90d37..3668d11dcfee4 100644
--- a/extensions/devservices/mariadb/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devservices/mariadb/deployment/MariaDBDevServicesProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/devservices/mariadb/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devservices/mariadb/deployment/MariaDBDevServicesProcessor.java
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ public String getEffectiveJdbcUrl() {
         }
 
         public String getReactiveUrl() {
-            return getEffectiveJdbcUrl().replaceFirst("jdbc:", "vertx-reactive:");
+            return getEffectiveJdbcUrl().replaceFirst("jdbc:mariadb:", "vertx-reactive:mysql:");
         }
     }
 }