diff --git a/src/php-mariadb/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/src/php-mariadb/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
index f7c53caf..080f627d 100644
--- a/src/php-mariadb/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/php-mariadb/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/php:1-${templateOption:imageVariant}
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/php:3-${templateOption:imageVariant}
 
 # Install MariaDB client
 RUN apt-get update && export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
diff --git a/src/php-mariadb/README.md b/src/php-mariadb/README.md
index 19c134c3..4ef91199 100644
--- a/src/php-mariadb/README.md
+++ b/src/php-mariadb/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Develop PHP applications with MariaDB (MySQL Compatible).
 
 | Options Id | Description | Type | Default Value |
 |-----|-----|-----|-----|
-| imageVariant | PHP version (use -bookworm, -bullseye variants on local arm64/Apple Silicon): | string | 8.4-bookworm |
+| imageVariant | PHP version (use -bookworm, -bullseye variants on local arm64/Apple Silicon): | string | 8.5-trixie |
 
 This template references an image that was [pre-built](https://containers.dev/implementors/reference/#prebuilding) to automatically include needed devcontainer.json metadata.
 
diff --git a/src/php-mariadb/devcontainer-template.json b/src/php-mariadb/devcontainer-template.json
index f57935ba..a55dee83 100644
--- a/src/php-mariadb/devcontainer-template.json
+++ b/src/php-mariadb/devcontainer-template.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "id": "php-mariadb",
-    "version": "4.2.0",
+    "version": "4.3.0",
     "name": "PHP & MariaDB",
     "description": "Develop PHP applications with MariaDB (MySQL Compatible).",
     "documentationURL": "https://github.com/devcontainers/templates/tree/main/src/php-mariadb",
@@ -9,18 +9,21 @@
     "options": {
         "imageVariant": {
             "type": "string",
-            "description": "PHP version (use -bookworm, -bullseye variants on local arm64/Apple Silicon):",
+            "description": "PHP version (use -trixie, -bookworm, -bullseye variants on local arm64/Apple Silicon):",
             "proposals": [
-                "8-bookworm",
-                "8.2-bookworm",
-                "8.3-bookworm",
+                "8.5-trixie",
+                "8.5-bookworm",
+                "8.5-bullseye",
+                "8.4-trixie",
                 "8.4-bookworm",				
-                "8-bullseye",
-                "8.2-bullseye",
+                "8.4-bullseye",
+                "8.3-trixie",
+                "8.3-bookworm",
                 "8.3-bullseye",
-                "8.4-bullseye"				
+                 "8-bullseye",
+                  "8-trixie"		
             ],
-            "default": "8.2-bookworm"
+            "default": "8.5-trixie"
         }
     },
     "platforms": [
diff --git a/src/php/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/src/php/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index 1e97ec2f..61287808 100644
--- a/src/php/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/src/php/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 {
 	"name": "PHP",
 	// Or use a Dockerfile or Docker Compose file. More info: https://containers.dev/guide/dockerfile
-	"image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/php:1-${templateOption:imageVariant}",
+	"image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/php:3-${templateOption:imageVariant}",
 
 	// Features to add to the dev container. More info: https://containers.dev/features.
 	// "features": {},
diff --git a/src/php/README.md b/src/php/README.md
index 3ed6c44f..7b23cdfa 100644
--- a/src/php/README.md
+++ b/src/php/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Develop PHP based applications. Includes needed tools, extensions, and dependenc
 
 | Options Id | Description | Type | Default Value |
 |-----|-----|-----|-----|
-| imageVariant | PHP version (use -bookworm, -bullseye variants on local arm64/Apple Silicon): | string | 8.4-bookworm |
+| imageVariant | PHP version (use -bookworm, -bullseye variants on local arm64/Apple Silicon): | string | 8.5-trixie|
 
 This template references an image that was [pre-built](https://containers.dev/implementors/reference/#prebuilding) to automatically include needed devcontainer.json metadata.
 
diff --git a/src/php/devcontainer-template.json b/src/php/devcontainer-template.json
index 1f2b8faa..6881ce16 100644
--- a/src/php/devcontainer-template.json
+++ b/src/php/devcontainer-template.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "id": "php",
-    "version": "4.2.0",
+    "version": "4.3.0",
     "name": "PHP",
     "description": "Develop PHP based applications. Includes needed tools, extensions, and dependencies.",
     "documentationURL": "https://github.com/devcontainers/templates/tree/main/src/php",
@@ -9,18 +9,19 @@
     "options": {
         "imageVariant": {
             "type": "string",
-            "description": "PHP version (use -bookworm, -bullseye variants on local arm64/Apple Silicon):",
+            "description": "PHP version (use -trixie, -bookworm, -bullseye variants on local arm64/Apple Silicon):",
             "proposals": [
+                "8.5-trixie",
+                "8.5-bookworm",
+                "8.5-bullseye",
                 "8-bookworm",
-                "8.2-bookworm",
                 "8.3-bookworm",
                 "8.4-bookworm",				
                 "8-bullseye",
-                "8.2-bullseye",
                 "8.3-bullseye",
                 "8.4-bullseye"				
             ],
-            "default": "8.2-bullseye"
+            "default": "8.5-trixie"
         }
     },
     "platforms": ["PHP"],
diff --git a/test/php-mariadb/test.sh b/test/php-mariadb/test.sh
index 49f2a6cb..f29fe6ec 100755
--- a/test/php-mariadb/test.sh
+++ b/test/php-mariadb/test.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ checkExtension "mrmlnc.vscode-apache"
 check "php" php --version
 check "apache2ctl" which apache2ctl
 sleep 15 # Sleep to be sure MariaDB is running.
-check "mariadb" mariadb -h localhost -P 3306 --protocol=tcp -u root --password=mariadb -D mariadb -Bse exit
+check "mariadb" mariadb -h localhost -P 3306 --protocol=tcp -u root --password=mariadb -D mariadb --skip-ssl-verify-server-cert -Bse exit
 
 # Report result
 reportResults