diff --git a/mariadb/Chart.yaml b/mariadb/Chart.yaml
index 447253f19..fab1083c0 100644
--- a/mariadb/Chart.yaml
+++ b/mariadb/Chart.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ apiVersion: v1
 appVersion: v10.2.31
 description: OpenStack-Helm MariaDB
 name: mariadb
-version: 0.2.22
+version: 0.2.23
 home: https://mariadb.com/kb/en/
 icon: http://badges.mariadb.org/mariadb-badge-180x60.png
 sources:
diff --git a/mariadb/templates/bin/_backup_mariadb.sh.tpl b/mariadb/templates/bin/_backup_mariadb.sh.tpl
index dc44a2631..499337595 100644
--- a/mariadb/templates/bin/_backup_mariadb.sh.tpl
+++ b/mariadb/templates/bin/_backup_mariadb.sh.tpl
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ dump_databases_to_directory() {
   if [[ "${SCOPE}" == "all" ]]; then
     MYSQL_DBNAMES=( $($MYSQL --silent --skip-column-names -e \
        "show databases;" | \
-       egrep -vi 'information_schema|performance_schema|mysql') )
+       grep -ivE 'information_schema|performance_schema|mysql|sys') )
   else
-    if [[ "${SCOPE}" != "information_schema" && "${SCOPE}" != "performance_schema" && "${SCOPE}" != "mysql" ]]; then
+    if [[ "${SCOPE}" != "information_schema" && "${SCOPE}" != "performance_schema" && "${SCOPE}" != "mysql" && "${SCOPE}" != "sys" ]]; then
       MYSQL_DBNAMES=( ${SCOPE} )
     else
       log ERROR "It is not allowed to backup database ${SCOPE}."
diff --git a/mariadb/templates/bin/_restore_mariadb.sh.tpl b/mariadb/templates/bin/_restore_mariadb.sh.tpl
index f8b6c8c1c..334ba85bc 100755
--- a/mariadb/templates/bin/_restore_mariadb.sh.tpl
+++ b/mariadb/templates/bin/_restore_mariadb.sh.tpl
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ get_databases() {
 
   if [[ -e ${TMP_DIR}/db.list ]]
   then
-    DBS=$(cat ${TMP_DIR}/db.list )
+    DBS=$(cat ${TMP_DIR}/db.list | \
+              grep -ivE 'information_schema|performance_schema|mysql|sys' )
   else
     DBS=" "
   fi
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/mariadb.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/mariadb.yaml
index 807def1a5..629df207d 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/mariadb.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/mariadb.yaml
@@ -38,4 +38,5 @@ mariadb:
   - 0.2.20 Migrated CronJob resource to batch/v1 API version & PodDisruptionBudget to policy/v1; Uplift Mariadb-ingress to 1.1.3
   - 0.2.21 Fix mysql exporter user privileges
   - 0.2.22 Fix ingress cluster role privileges
+  - 0.2.23 Fix backup script by ignoring sys database for MariaDB 10.6 compartibility
 ...