diff --git a/packages/mariadb/build.sh b/packages/mariadb/build.sh
index 6962b3d32..c49ad7e15 100644
--- a/packages/mariadb/build.sh
+++ b/packages/mariadb/build.sh
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://mariadb.org
 TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="A drop-in replacement for mysql server"
 TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="GPL-2.0"
 TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="Vishal Biswas @vishalbiswas"
-TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=1:10.4.6
-TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/mariadb/mariadb-$TERMUX_PKG_VERSION/source/mariadb-$TERMUX_PKG_VERSION.tar.gz
+_VERSION=10.4.6
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=1:${_VERSION}
+TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/mariadb/mariadb-${_VERSION}/source/mariadb-${_VERSION}.tar.gz
 TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=a270fe6169a1aaf6f2cbbc945de2c954d818c48e1a0fc02fbed92ecb94678e70
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="libc++, libiconv, liblzma, ncurses, libedit, openssl, pcre, libcrypt, libandroid-support, libandroid-glob, zlib"
 TERMUX_PKG_BREAKS="mariadb-dev"