diff --git a/examples/mariadb-ephemeral-template.json b/examples/mariadb-ephemeral-template.json
index 7c77b6e..fffb6fa 100644
--- a/examples/mariadb-ephemeral-template.json
+++ b/examples/mariadb-ephemeral-template.json
@@ -61,40 +61,24 @@
       }
     },
     {
-      "kind": "DeploymentConfig",
-      "apiVersion": "apps.openshift.io/v1",
+      "kind": "Deployment",
+      "apiVersion": "apps/v1",
       "metadata": {
         "name": "${DATABASE_SERVICE_NAME}",
         "annotations": {
-          "template.alpha.openshift.io/wait-for-ready": "true"
+          "template.alpha.openshift.io/wait-for-ready": "true",
+          "image.openshift.io/triggers": "[{\"from\":{\"kind\":\"ImageStreamTag\",\"name\":\"mariadb:${MARIADB_VERSION}\"},\"fieldPath\": \"spec.template.spec.containers[0].image\"}]"
         }
       },
       "spec": {
         "strategy": {
           "type": "Recreate"
         },
-        "triggers": [
-          {
-            "type": "ImageChange",
-            "imageChangeParams": {
-              "automatic": true,
-              "containerNames": [
-                "mariadb"
-              ],
-              "from": {
-                "kind": "ImageStreamTag",
-                "name": "mariadb:${MARIADB_VERSION}",
-                "namespace": "${NAMESPACE}"
-              }
-            }
-          },
-          {
-            "type": "ConfigChange"
-          }
-        ],
         "replicas": 1,
         "selector": {
-          "name": "${DATABASE_SERVICE_NAME}"
+          "matchLabels": {
+            "name": "${DATABASE_SERVICE_NAME}"
+          }
         },
         "template": {
           "metadata": {
diff --git a/examples/mariadb-persistent-template.json b/examples/mariadb-persistent-template.json
index 1a90791..0294880 100644
--- a/examples/mariadb-persistent-template.json
+++ b/examples/mariadb-persistent-template.json
@@ -78,40 +78,24 @@
       }
     },
     {
-      "kind": "DeploymentConfig",
-      "apiVersion": "apps.openshift.io/v1",
+      "kind": "Deployment",
+      "apiVersion": "apps/v1",
       "metadata": {
         "name": "${DATABASE_SERVICE_NAME}",
         "annotations": {
-          "template.alpha.openshift.io/wait-for-ready": "true"
+          "template.alpha.openshift.io/wait-for-ready": "true",
+          "image.openshift.io/triggers": "[{\"from\":{\"kind\":\"ImageStreamTag\",\"name\":\"mariadb:${MARIADB_VERSION}\"},\"fieldPath\": \"spec.template.spec.containers[0].image\"}]"
         }
       },
       "spec": {
         "strategy": {
           "type": "Recreate"
         },
-        "triggers": [
-          {
-            "type": "ImageChange",
-            "imageChangeParams": {
-              "automatic": true,
-              "containerNames": [
-                "mariadb"
-              ],
-              "from": {
-                "kind": "ImageStreamTag",
-                "name": "mariadb:${MARIADB_VERSION}",
-                "namespace": "${NAMESPACE}"
-              }
-            }
-          },
-          {
-            "type": "ConfigChange"
-          }
-        ],
         "replicas": 1,
         "selector": {
-          "name": "${DATABASE_SERVICE_NAME}"
+          "matchLabels": {
+            "name": "${DATABASE_SERVICE_NAME}"
+          }
         },
         "template": {
           "metadata": {
diff --git a/test/test-lib-mysql.sh b/test/test-lib-mysql.sh
index 326a049..63a6760 100755
--- a/test/test-lib-mysql.sh
+++ b/test/test-lib-mysql.sh
@@ -116,11 +116,17 @@ function test_mariadb_integration() {
   local service_name=mariadb
   TEMPLATES="mariadb-ephemeral-template.json
   mariadb-persistent-template.json"
+  SHORT_VERSION="${VERSION//.}"
+  if [ "${OS}" == "rhel7" ]; then
+    namespace_image="rhscl/mariadb-${SHORT_VERSION}-rhel7"
+  else
+    namespace_image="${OS}/mariadb-${SHORT_VERSION}"
+  fi
   for template in $TEMPLATES; do
     ct_os_test_template_app_func "${IMAGE_NAME}" \
                                  "${THISDIR}/${template}" \
                                  "${service_name}" \
-                                 "ct_os_check_cmd_internal '<SAME_IMAGE>' '${service_name}-testing' \"echo 'SELECT 42 as testval\g' | mysql --connect-timeout=15 -h <IP> testdb -utestu -ptestp\" '^42' 120" \
+                                 "ct_os_check_cmd_internal 'registry.redhat.io/${namespace_image}' '${service_name}-testing' \"echo 'SELECT 42 as testval\g' | mysql --connect-timeout=15 -h <IP> testdb -utestu -ptestp\" '^42' 120" \
                                  "-p MARIADB_VERSION=${VERSION} \
                                   -p DATABASE_SERVICE_NAME="${service_name}-testing" \
                                   -p MYSQL_USER=testu \
@@ -137,13 +143,22 @@ function test_mariadb_imagestream() {
   elif [ "${OS}" == "rhel9" ]; then
     tag="-el9"
   fi
-  ct_os_test_image_stream_template "${THISDIR}/imagestreams/mariadb-${OS%[0-9]*}.json" "${THISDIR}/examples/mariadb-ephemeral-template.json" mariadb "-p MARIADB_VERSION=${VERSION}${tag}"
+  TEMPLATES="mariadb-ephemeral-template.json
+  mariadb-persistent-template.json"
+  for template in $TEMPLATES; do
+    ct_os_test_image_stream_template "${THISDIR}/imagestreams/mariadb-${OS%[0-9]*}.json" "${THISDIR}/examples/${template}" mariadb "-p MARIADB_VERSION=${VERSION}${tag}"
+  done
 }
 
 function test_mariadb_template() {
-  ct_os_test_image_stream_template "${THISDIR}/imagestreams/mariadb-${OS%[0-9]*}.json" "${THISDIR}/mariadb-ephemeral-template.json" mariadb
+  TEMPLATES="mariadb-ephemeral-template.json
+  mariadb-persistent-template.json"
+  for template in $TEMPLATES; do
+    ct_os_test_image_stream_template "${THISDIR}/imagestreams/mariadb-${OS%[0-9]*}.json" "${THISDIR}/examples/${template}" mariadb
+  done
 }
 
+
 # Check the latest imagestreams
 function run_latest_imagestreams() {
   local result=1