diff --git a/.examples/docker-compose/insecure/mariadb/apache/compose.yaml b/.examples/docker-compose/insecure/mariadb/apache/compose.yaml
index daa51590d..dda4d2cf8 100644
--- a/.examples/docker-compose/insecure/mariadb/apache/compose.yaml
+++ b/.examples/docker-compose/insecure/mariadb/apache/compose.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 services:
   db:
     image: mariadb:10.11
-    command: --transaction-isolation=READ-COMMITTED --log-bin=binlog --binlog-format=ROW
+    command: --transaction-isolation=READ-COMMITTED --log-bin=binlog --binlog-format=ROW --expire-logs-days=7 --slave_connections_needed_for_purge=0
     restart: always
     volumes:
       - db:/var/lib/mysql:Z
diff --git a/.examples/docker-compose/insecure/mariadb/fpm/compose.yaml b/.examples/docker-compose/insecure/mariadb/fpm/compose.yaml
index 25e5b717a..e6f293bf7 100644
--- a/.examples/docker-compose/insecure/mariadb/fpm/compose.yaml
+++ b/.examples/docker-compose/insecure/mariadb/fpm/compose.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 services:
   db:
     image: mariadb:10.11
-    command: --transaction-isolation=READ-COMMITTED --log-bin=binlog --binlog-format=ROW
+    command: --transaction-isolation=READ-COMMITTED --log-bin=binlog --binlog-format=ROW --expire-logs-days=7 --slave_connections_needed_for_purge=0
     restart: always
     volumes:
       - db:/var/lib/mysql:Z
diff --git a/.examples/docker-compose/with-nginx-proxy/mariadb/apache/compose.yaml b/.examples/docker-compose/with-nginx-proxy/mariadb/apache/compose.yaml
index 2a0d57a53..3e0dc65b2 100644
--- a/.examples/docker-compose/with-nginx-proxy/mariadb/apache/compose.yaml
+++ b/.examples/docker-compose/with-nginx-proxy/mariadb/apache/compose.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 services:
   db:
     image: mariadb:10.11
-    command: --transaction-isolation=READ-COMMITTED --log-bin=binlog --binlog-format=ROW
+    command: --transaction-isolation=READ-COMMITTED --log-bin=binlog --binlog-format=ROW --expire-logs-days=7 --slave_connections_needed_for_purge=0
     restart: always
     volumes:
       - db:/var/lib/mysql:Z
diff --git a/.examples/docker-compose/with-nginx-proxy/mariadb/fpm/compose.yaml b/.examples/docker-compose/with-nginx-proxy/mariadb/fpm/compose.yaml
index 20db19a9e..685c0e5df 100644
--- a/.examples/docker-compose/with-nginx-proxy/mariadb/fpm/compose.yaml
+++ b/.examples/docker-compose/with-nginx-proxy/mariadb/fpm/compose.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 services:
   db:
     image: mariadb:10.11
-    command: --transaction-isolation=READ-COMMITTED --log-bin=binlog --binlog-format=ROW
+    command: --transaction-isolation=READ-COMMITTED --log-bin=binlog --binlog-format=ROW --expire-logs-days=7 --slave_connections_needed_for_purge=0
     restart: always
     volumes:
       - db:/var/lib/mysql:Z
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6745faa3d..01b35c3e3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ services:
   db:
     image: mariadb:10.11
     restart: always
-    command: --transaction-isolation=READ-COMMITTED --log-bin=binlog --binlog-format=ROW
+    command: --transaction-isolation=READ-COMMITTED --log-bin=binlog --binlog-format=ROW --expire-logs-days=7 --slave_connections_needed_for_purge=0
     volumes:
       - db:/var/lib/mysql
     environment:
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ services:
   db:
     image: mariadb:10.11
     restart: always
-    command: --transaction-isolation=READ-COMMITTED --log-bin=binlog --binlog-format=ROW
+    command: --transaction-isolation=READ-COMMITTED --log-bin=binlog --binlog-format=ROW --expire-logs-days=7 --slave_connections_needed_for_purge=0
     volumes:
       - db:/var/lib/mysql
     environment: