diff --git a/dd-sso/admin/docker/requirements.pip3 b/dd-sso/admin/docker/requirements.pip3
index 2fd988d..30e62ed 100644
--- a/dd-sso/admin/docker/requirements.pip3
+++ b/dd-sso/admin/docker/requirements.pip3
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ Flask-SocketIO==5.2.0
 bcrypt==3.2.2
 # diceware can't be upgraded without issues
 diceware==0.9.6
-mysql-connector-python==8.0.30
+# to avoid this error:mysql.connector.errors.ProgrammingError: Character set 'utf8' unsupported
+mysql-connector-python==8.0.28
 psycopg2==2.9.3
 # python-keycloak can't be upgraded without issues
 python-keycloak==0.26.1
diff --git a/dd-sso/admin/src/saml_scripts/wordpress_saml.py b/dd-sso/admin/src/saml_scripts/wordpress_saml.py
index 8b0a582..7aa7706 100644
--- a/dd-sso/admin/src/saml_scripts/wordpress_saml.py
+++ b/dd-sso/admin/src/saml_scripts/wordpress_saml.py
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ class WordpressSaml:
                 self.db = Mysql(
                     "dd-apps-mariadb",
                     "wordpress",
-                    "root",
-                    os.environ["MARIADB_PASSWORD"],
+                    os.environ["WORDPRESS_MARIADB_USER"],
+                    os.environ["WORDPRESS_MARIADB_PASSWORD"],
                 )
                 ready = True
             except:
diff --git a/dd-sso/admin/src/wordpress_saml_onlycerts.py b/dd-sso/admin/src/wordpress_saml_onlycerts.py
index 567f788..db3eac6 100644
--- a/dd-sso/admin/src/wordpress_saml_onlycerts.py
+++ b/dd-sso/admin/src/wordpress_saml_onlycerts.py
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ class WordpressSaml:
                 self.db = Mysql(
                     "dd-apps-mariadb",
                     "wordpress",
-                    "root",
-                    os.environ["MARIADB_PASSWORD"],
+                    os.environ["WORDPRESS_MARIADB_USER"],
+                    os.environ["WORDPRESS_MARIADB_PASSWORD"],
                 )
                 ready = True
             except: