diff --git a/roles/mariadb/templates/mariadb.list.j2 b/roles/mariadb/templates/mariadb.list.j2
index 1343fff..209d3bc 100644
--- a/roles/mariadb/templates/mariadb.list.j2
+++ b/roles/mariadb/templates/mariadb.list.j2
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 # {{ ansible_managed }}
 {% if ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu' %}
 
+{% if ansible_distribution_release == 'bionic' %}
+# 2018-03-17: no Ubuntu 18.04 "bionic" packages yet, so use 17.10 "artful"
+deb [arch=amd64,i386] http://mariadb.mirror.serveriai.lt/repo/10.2/ubuntu artful main
+{% else %}
 deb [arch=amd64,i386] http://mariadb.mirror.serveriai.lt/repo/10.2/ubuntu {{ ansible_distribution_release }} main
+{% endif %}
 
 {% elif ansible_distribution == 'Debian' %}