diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 8d834db25635468dfdcd0cb2e0901d38800b2ecc..1b6b6afba4eec27b32fb1c704f9f691819fa7314 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -252,7 +252,8 @@ test-functional:
     <<: *composer-cache
     policy: pull
   services:
-    - mariadb
+    - name: mariadb
+      command: ["--sql_mode="]
   allow_failure: false
   interruptible: true
   before_script:
@@ -276,7 +277,8 @@ test-jsonapi:
     <<: *composer-cache
     policy: pull
   services:
-    - mariadb
+    - name: mariadb
+      command: ["--sql_mode="]
   variables:
     JSONAPI_XML_REPORT: $REPORT_DIR/jsonapi-report.xml
   interruptible: true
@@ -310,7 +312,8 @@ test-e2e:
   #  needs: [lint-css, lint-js, lint-php]
   image: mcr.microsoft.com/playwright:v1.33.0-jammy
   services:
-    - mariadb
+    - name: mariadb
+      command: ["--sql_mode="]
   variables:
     PHP_WEBSERVER_URL: localhost:65432
     E2E_REPORT: $REPORT_DIR/e2e.xml
diff --git a/.gitlab/scripts/install_db.sh b/.gitlab/scripts/install_db.sh
index 0f2f55404497b139b3a1e6ae96603d82e94fd834..f095f1ef0cd7401f647f1a364743915c64214713 100644
--- a/.gitlab/scripts/install_db.sh
+++ b/.gitlab/scripts/install_db.sh
@@ -1,26 +1,26 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -e
 
-if [ $(mysql -f -u $MYSQL_USER -h $MYSQL_HOST -p$MYSQL_PASSWORD $MYSQL_DATABASE -e "show tables;" --batch | wc -l) -eq 0 ]; then
+if [ $(mysql -u $MYSQL_USER -h $MYSQL_HOST -p$MYSQL_PASSWORD $MYSQL_DATABASE -e "show tables;" --batch | wc -l) -eq 0 ]; then
 
     # Setup mysql database
     echo "INSTALL DB"
-    mysql -f -u $MYSQL_USER -h $MYSQL_HOST -p$MYSQL_PASSWORD $MYSQL_DATABASE < ./db/studip.sql
+    mysql -u $MYSQL_USER -h $MYSQL_HOST -p$MYSQL_PASSWORD $MYSQL_DATABASE < ./db/studip.sql
     echo "INSTALL DEFAULT DATA"
-    mysql -f -u $MYSQL_USER -h $MYSQL_HOST -p$MYSQL_PASSWORD $MYSQL_DATABASE < ./db/studip_default_data.sql
-    mysql -f -u $MYSQL_USER -h $MYSQL_HOST -p$MYSQL_PASSWORD $MYSQL_DATABASE < ./db/studip_resources_default_data.sql
+    mysql -u $MYSQL_USER -h $MYSQL_HOST -p$MYSQL_PASSWORD $MYSQL_DATABASE < ./db/studip_default_data.sql
+    mysql -u $MYSQL_USER -h $MYSQL_HOST -p$MYSQL_PASSWORD $MYSQL_DATABASE < ./db/studip_resources_default_data.sql
 
     echo "INSTALL ROOTUSER"
-    mysql -f -u $MYSQL_USER -h $MYSQL_HOST -p$MYSQL_PASSWORD $MYSQL_DATABASE < ./db/studip_root_user.sql
+    mysql -u $MYSQL_USER -h $MYSQL_HOST -p$MYSQL_PASSWORD $MYSQL_DATABASE < ./db/studip_root_user.sql
 
     # Check if demodata is required
     if [ ! -z $DEMO_DATA ]; then
         echo "INSTALL DEMODATA"
-        mysql -f -u $MYSQL_USER -h $MYSQL_HOST -p$MYSQL_PASSWORD $MYSQL_DATABASE < ./db/studip_demo_data.sql
+        mysql -u $MYSQL_USER -h $MYSQL_HOST -p$MYSQL_PASSWORD $MYSQL_DATABASE < ./db/studip_demo_data.sql
         echo "INSTALL MVV_DEMODATA"
-        mysql -f -u $MYSQL_USER -h $MYSQL_HOST -p$MYSQL_PASSWORD $MYSQL_DATABASE < ./db/studip_mvv_demo_data.sql
+        mysql -u $MYSQL_USER -h $MYSQL_HOST -p$MYSQL_PASSWORD $MYSQL_DATABASE < ./db/studip_mvv_demo_data.sql
         echo "INSTALL RESOURCES-DEMODATA"
-        mysql -f -u $MYSQL_USER -h $MYSQL_HOST -p$MYSQL_PASSWORD $MYSQL_DATABASE < ./db/studip_resources_demo_data.sql
+        mysql -u $MYSQL_USER -h $MYSQL_HOST -p$MYSQL_PASSWORD $MYSQL_DATABASE < ./db/studip_resources_demo_data.sql
     fi
 
     echo "INSTALLATION FINISHED"