diff --git a/data/sql/base/db_characters/characters.sql b/data/sql/base/db_characters/characters.sql
index ce8bb12f6..02bcc41d3 100644
--- a/data/sql/base/db_characters/characters.sql
+++ b/data/sql/base/db_characters/characters.sql
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `characters`;
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `characters` (
   `guid` int unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '0' COMMENT 'Global Unique Identifier',
   `account` int unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '0' COMMENT 'Account Identifier',
-  `name` varchar(12) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci NOT NULL,
+  `name` varchar(12) CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_bin NOT NULL,
   `race` tinyint unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
   `class` tinyint unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
   `gender` tinyint unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
diff --git a/data/sql/updates/pending_db_characters/rev_1684700137059902900.sql b/data/sql/updates/pending_db_characters/rev_1684700137059902900.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..74d8d2a70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/sql/updates/pending_db_characters/rev_1684700137059902900.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+--
+ALTER TABLE `characters` MODIFY `name` varchar(12) CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_bin NOT NULL AFTER `account`;