diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 757d593b..abb2279f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -380,6 +380,26 @@ version = "0.1.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "383d29d513d8764dcdc42ea295d979eb99c3c9f00607b3692cf68a431f7dca72"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bindgen"
+version = "0.71.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5f58bf3d7db68cfbac37cfc485a8d711e87e064c3d0fe0435b92f7a407f9d6b3"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "cexpr",
+ "clang-sys",
+ "itertools",
+ "log",
+ "prettyplease",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "regex",
+ "rustc-hash",
+ "shlex",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
 version = "2.9.0"
@@ -507,6 +527,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "shlex",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cexpr"
+version = "0.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6fac387a98bb7c37292057cffc56d62ecb629900026402633ae9160df93a8766"
+dependencies = [
+ "nom 7.1.3",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cfg-if"
 version = "1.0.0"
@@ -557,6 +586,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "stacker",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "clang-sys"
+version = "1.8.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0b023947811758c97c59bf9d1c188fd619ad4718dcaa767947df1cadb14f39f4"
+dependencies = [
+ "glob",
+ "libc",
+ "libloading",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "codemap"
 version = "0.1.3"
@@ -843,9 +883,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "diesel"
-version = "2.2.8"
+version = "2.2.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "470eb10efc8646313634c99bb1593f402a6434cbd86e266770c6e39219adb86a"
+checksum = "34d3950690ba3a6910126162b47e775e203006d4242a15de912bec6c0a695153"
 dependencies = [
  "bigdecimal",
  "bitflags",
@@ -1030,9 +1070,9 @@ checksum = "877a4ace8713b0bcf2a4e7eec82529c029f1d0619886d18145fea96c3ffe5c0f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "errno"
-version = "0.3.10"
+version = "0.3.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "33d852cb9b869c2a9b3df2f71a3074817f01e1844f839a144f5fcef059a4eb5d"
+checksum = "976dd42dc7e85965fe702eb8164f21f450704bdde31faefd6471dba214cb594e"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "windows-sys 0.59.0",
@@ -1917,6 +1957,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "itertools"
+version = "0.13.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "413ee7dfc52ee1a4949ceeb7dbc8a33f2d6c088194d9f922fb8318faf1f01186"
+dependencies = [
+ "either",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "itoa"
 version = "1.0.15"
@@ -2026,6 +2075,16 @@ version = "0.2.171"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c19937216e9d3aa9956d9bb8dfc0b0c8beb6058fc4f7a4dc4d850edf86a237d6"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libloading"
+version = "0.8.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fc2f4eb4bc735547cfed7c0a4922cbd04a4655978c09b54f1f7b228750664c34"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libm"
 version = "0.2.11"
@@ -2044,9 +2103,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libsqlite3-sys"
-version = "0.31.0"
+version = "0.32.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ad8935b44e7c13394a179a438e0cebba0fe08fe01b54f152e29a93b5cf993fd4"
+checksum = "fbb8270bb4060bd76c6e96f20c52d80620f1d82a3470885694e41e0f81ef6fe7"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "pkg-config",
@@ -2253,6 +2312,7 @@ version = "0.4.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8f29e21174d84e2622ceb7b0146a9187d36458a3a9ee9a66c9cac22e96493ef9"
 dependencies = [
+ "bindgen",
  "pkg-config",
  "vcpkg",
 ]
@@ -2409,9 +2469,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "openssl"
-version = "0.10.71"
+version = "0.10.72"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5e14130c6a98cd258fdcb0fb6d744152343ff729cbfcb28c656a9d12b999fbcd"
+checksum = "fedfea7d58a1f73118430a55da6a286e7b044961736ce96a16a17068ea25e5da"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "cfg-if",
@@ -2450,9 +2510,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "openssl-sys"
-version = "0.9.106"
+version = "0.9.107"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8bb61ea9811cc39e3c2069f40b8b8e2e70d8569b361f879786cc7ed48b777cdd"
+checksum = "8288979acd84749c744a9014b4382d42b8f7b2592847b5afb2ed29e5d16ede07"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "libc",
@@ -2745,6 +2805,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "vcpkg",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "prettyplease"
+version = "0.2.31"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5316f57387668042f561aae71480de936257848f9c43ce528e311d89a07cadeb"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
 version = "1.0.94"
@@ -3209,6 +3279,12 @@ version = "0.1.24"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "719b953e2095829ee67db738b3bfa9fa368c94900df327b3f07fe6e794d2fe1f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustc-hash"
+version = "2.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "357703d41365b4b27c590e3ed91eabb1b663f07c4c084095e60cbed4362dff0d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc_version"
 version = "0.4.1"
@@ -4234,6 +4310,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "macros",
  "mimalloc",
+ "mysqlclient-sys",
  "num-derive",
  "num-traits",
  "once_cell",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 21a6ae92..897c9142 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ build = "build.rs"
 # default = ["sqlite"]
 # Empty to keep compatibility, prefer to set USE_SYSLOG=true
 enable_syslog = []
-mysql = ["diesel/mysql", "diesel_migrations/mysql"]
+mysql = ["diesel/mysql", "diesel_migrations/mysql", "dep:mysqlclient-sys"]
 postgresql = ["diesel/postgres", "diesel_migrations/postgres"]
 sqlite = ["diesel/sqlite", "diesel_migrations/sqlite", "dep:libsqlite3-sys"]
 # Enable to use a vendored and statically linked openssl
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ serde = { version = "1.0.219", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.140"
 
 # A safe, extensible ORM and Query builder
-diesel = { version = "2.2.8", features = ["chrono", "r2d2", "numeric"] }
+diesel = { version = "2.2.9", features = ["chrono", "r2d2", "numeric"] }
 diesel_migrations = "2.2.0"
 diesel_logger = { version = "0.4.0", optional = true }
 
@@ -86,7 +86,9 @@ derive_more = { version = "2.0.1", features = ["from", "into", "as_ref", "deref"
 diesel-derive-newtype = "2.1.2"
 
 # Bundled/Static SQLite
-libsqlite3-sys = { version = "0.31.0", features = ["bundled"], optional = true }
+libsqlite3-sys = { version = "0.32.0", features = ["bundled"], optional = true }
+# Always enable buildtime bindgen for mysql/mariadb libraries
+mysqlclient-sys = { version = "0.4.4", features = ["buildtime_bindgen"], optional = true }
 
 # Crypto-related libraries
 rand = "0.9.0"
@@ -148,7 +150,7 @@ cookie = "0.18.1"
 cookie_store = "0.21.1"
 
 # Used by U2F, JWT and PostgreSQL
-openssl = "0.10.71"
+openssl = "0.10.72"
 
 # CLI argument parsing
 pico-args = "0.5.0"
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.debian b/docker/Dockerfile.debian
index 92b74433..f04c4f3d 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.debian
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.debian
@@ -105,8 +105,15 @@ RUN source /env-cargo && \
         echo "export CARGO_TARGET_$(echo "${CARGO_TARGET}" | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]' | tr - _)_LINKER=/usr/bin/$(xx-info)-gcc" >> /env-cargo && \
         echo "export PKG_CONFIG=/usr/bin/$(xx-info)-pkg-config" >> /env-cargo && \
         echo "export CROSS_COMPILE=1" >> /env-cargo && \
+        # Export build env's for OpenSSL
         echo "export OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR=/usr/include/$(xx-info)" >> /env-cargo && \
         echo "export OPENSSL_LIB_DIR=/usr/lib/$(xx-info)" >> /env-cargo ; \
+        # Export build env's for mysqlclient-sys (mariadb)
+        # The version is linked to the mariadb-connector-c a.k.a libmariadb-dev version
+        # See: https://mariadb.com/kb/en/about-mariadb-connector-c/
+        echo "export MYSQLCLIENT_VERSION=3.3.14" >> /env-cargo ; \
+        # echo "export MYSQLCLIENT_INCLUDE_DIR=/usr/include/mariadb" >> /env-cargo && \
+        # echo "export MYSQLCLIENT_LIB_DIR=/usr/lib/$(xx-info)" >> /env-cargo ; \
     fi && \
     # Output the current contents of the file
     cat /env-cargo
@@ -127,7 +134,7 @@ ARG DB=sqlite,mysql,postgresql
 # dummy project, except the target folder
 # This folder contains the compiled dependencies
 RUN source /env-cargo && \
-    cargo build --features ${DB} --profile "${CARGO_PROFILE}" --target="${CARGO_TARGET}" && \
+    cargo build --features ${DB} --profile "${CARGO_PROFILE}" --target="${CARGO_TARGET}" -vvv && \
     find . -not -path "./target*" -delete
 
 # Copies the complete project