diff --git a/charts/stable/photoprism/Chart.yaml b/charts/stable/photoprism/Chart.yaml
index b56def8f1f7..05bdc78ca74 100644
--- a/charts/stable/photoprism/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/stable/photoprism/Chart.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@ appVersion: "20211018"
 dependencies:
 - name: common
   repository: https://truecharts.org
-  version: 8.9.3
+  version: 8.9.4
+- condition: mariadb.enabled
+  name: mariadb
+  repository: https://truecharts.org/
+  version: 1.0.14
 description: "PhotoPrism\xC2\xAE is a server-based application for browsing, organizing\
   \ and sharing your personal photo collection"
 home: https://github.com/truechartsapps/tree/master/charts/stable/photoprism
@@ -22,7 +26,7 @@ name: photoprism
 sources:
 - https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism
 - https://hub.docker.com/r/photoprism/photoprism
-version: 5.0.12
+version: 6.0.0
 annotations:
   truecharts.org/catagories: |
     - media
diff --git a/charts/stable/photoprism/values.yaml b/charts/stable/photoprism/values.yaml
index 92f3e036ef1..8867e1ad8a5 100644
--- a/charts/stable/photoprism/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/stable/photoprism/values.yaml
@@ -47,6 +47,19 @@ env:
   GID:  # 1000
   # -- Sets UMASK.
   UMASK:  # 0000
+  PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_DRIVER: "mysql"            # Use MariaDB 10.5+ or MySQL 8+ instead of SQLite for improved performance
+  PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_NAME: "photoprism"         # MariaDB or MySQL database schema name
+  PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_USER: "photoprism"         # MariaDB or MySQL database user name
+
+envValueFrom:
+  PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_SERVER:
+    secretKeyRef:
+      name: mariadbcreds
+      key: plainporthost
+  PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_PASSWORD:
+    secretKeyRef:
+      name: mariadbcreds
+      key: mariadb-password
 
 # -- Configures service settings for the chart.
 # @default -- See values.yaml
@@ -67,3 +80,9 @@ persistence:
     enabled: true
     mountPath: "/photoprism/temp"
     type: emptyDir
+
+mariadb:
+  enabled: true
+  mariadbUsername: photoprism
+  mariadbDatabase: photoprism
+  existingSecret: "mariadbcreds"