diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index a57a4b1..b76ed17 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ galera_repo_host: downloads.mariadb.com
 galera_client_repo_url: "{{ galera_repo_url | default(_galera_client_repo_url) }}"
 
 # Set the major version to use for the galera repo
-galera_client_major_version: 10.1
-galera_client_minor_version: 34
+galera_client_major_version: 10.2
+galera_client_minor_version: 17
 
 # Set the repo information for the MariaDB repository
 galera_client_repo: "{{ _galera_client_repo }}"
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/update-mariadb-to-10.2-b99a87ed0bb60b37.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/update-mariadb-to-10.2-b99a87ed0bb60b37.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7991c44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/update-mariadb-to-10.2-b99a87ed0bb60b37.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    The MariaDB version has been bumped to 10.2
diff --git a/vars/ubuntu.yml b/vars/ubuntu.yml
index 217db4a..57ba8db 100644
--- a/vars/ubuntu.yml
+++ b/vars/ubuntu.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ _galera_client_repo: "deb {{ galera_client_repo_url }} {{ ansible_distribution_r
 # libmariadbclient-dev is required for mysql_config, which is subsequently required for pip install of MySQL-python
 galera_client_distro_packages:
   - "mariadb-client-core-{{ galera_client_major_version }}"
-  - libmariadbclient-dev
+  - libmariadb-dev
 
 # Galera GPG Keys
 _galera_client_gpg_keys: