diff --git a/manifests/kustomize/overlays/db/kustomization.yaml b/manifests/kustomize/overlays/db/kustomization.yaml
index cf53e4169..b42e7fbda 100644
--- a/manifests/kustomize/overlays/db/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/manifests/kustomize/overlays/db/kustomization.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ generatorOptions:
 images:
 - name: mysql
   newName: mysql
-  newTag: 8.0.39
+  newTag: 8.3.0
 
 vars:
 - fieldref:
diff --git a/manifests/kustomize/overlays/db/model-registry-db-deployment.yaml b/manifests/kustomize/overlays/db/model-registry-db-deployment.yaml
index f19ce5f8a..b03a50aac 100644
--- a/manifests/kustomize/overlays/db/model-registry-db-deployment.yaml
+++ b/manifests/kustomize/overlays/db/model-registry-db-deployment.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ spec:
         runAsNonRoot: true
       containers:
       - name: db-container
-        image: mysql:8.3.0
+        image: mysql
         args:
         - --datadir
         - /var/lib/mysql/datadir