diff --git a/ebean-test/testconfig/ebean-mariadb-10.3.properties b/ebean-test/testconfig/ebean-mariadb-10.3.properties
index 082b4dbce..b7cac9c99 100644
--- a/ebean-test/testconfig/ebean-mariadb-10.3.properties
+++ b/ebean-test/testconfig/ebean-mariadb-10.3.properties
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ ebean.test.mariadb.version=10.3
 ebean.test.mariadb.containerName=ut_mariadb-10-3
 ebean.test.mariadb.port=14308
 datasource.default=mariadb-103
+ebean.lengthCheck=on
diff --git a/ebean-test/testconfig/ebean-mariadb.properties b/ebean-test/testconfig/ebean-mariadb.properties
index a579e32bf..a56efb6dd 100644
--- a/ebean-test/testconfig/ebean-mariadb.properties
+++ b/ebean-test/testconfig/ebean-mariadb.properties
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ ebean.test.mariadb.version=10.6
 ebean.test.mariadb.containerName=ut_mariadb-10-6
 ebean.test.mariadb.port=14307
 datasource.default=mariadb-106
+ebean.lengthCheck=on