diff --git a/deployment/app-demo-database-grant.yaml b/deployment/app-demo-database-grant.yaml
index e539182..d2e2d53 100644
--- a/deployment/app-demo-database-grant.yaml
+++ b/deployment/app-demo-database-grant.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ metadata:
   name: grant
 spec:
   mariaDbRef:
-    name: mariadb
+    name: mariadb-repl
+    namespace: mariadb-operator
   privileges:
     - "ALL PRIVILEGES"
   database: "app-demo-database"
diff --git a/deployment/app-demo-database-user.yaml b/deployment/app-demo-database-user.yaml
index e1534ce..1f41c3a 100644
--- a/deployment/app-demo-database-user.yaml
+++ b/deployment/app-demo-database-user.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ spec:
   # If you want the user to be created with a different name than the resource name
   # name: user-custom
   mariaDbRef:
-    name: mariadb
+    name: mariadb-repl
+    namespace: mariadb-operator
   passwordSecretKeyRef:
     name: app-demo-database-secret
     key: password
diff --git a/deployment/app-demo-database.yaml b/deployment/app-demo-database.yaml
index ad49030..db63b71 100644
--- a/deployment/app-demo-database.yaml
+++ b/deployment/app-demo-database.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ metadata:
   name: app-demo-database
 spec:
   mariaDbRef:
-    name: mariadb
+    name: mariadb-repl
+    namespace: mariadb-operator
   characterSet: utf8
   collate: utf8_general_ci
   # Delete the resource in the database whenever the CR gets deleted.