diff --git a/.env b/.env
index 8592c4cd2..0f13606b7 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ POSTGRESQL_IMAGE_TAG=14-alpine
 #POSTGRESQL_IMAGE=timescale/timescaledb
 #POSTGRESQL_IMAGE_TAG=2.14.2-pg14
 
+BUSYBOX_IMAGE=buxybox
+BUSYBOX_IMAGE_TAG=latest
+
 ELASTICSEARCH_IMAGE=elasticsearch
 ELASTICSEARCH_IMAGE_TAG=latest
 
diff --git a/compose_databases.yaml b/compose_databases.yaml
index 797b00eb7..f27a3bc38 100644
--- a/compose_databases.yaml
+++ b/compose_databases.yaml
@@ -62,12 +62,12 @@ services:
      - postgres-server
 
  db-data-mysql:
-  image: busybox
+  image: "${BUSYBOX_IMAGE:BUSYBOX_IMAGE_TAG}"
   volumes:
    - ${DATA_DIRECTORY}/var/lib/mysql:/var/lib/mysql:rw
 
  db-data-pgsql:
-  image: busybox
+  image: "${BUSYBOX_IMAGE:BUSYBOX_IMAGE_TAG}"
   attach: false
   volumes:
    - ${DATA_DIRECTORY}/var/lib/postgresql/data:/var/lib/postgresql/data:rw