diff --git a/data/sql/create/create_mysql.sql b/data/sql/create/create_mysql.sql
index 3d6834b6b..c9af8c3cd 100644
--- a/data/sql/create/create_mysql.sql
+++ b/data/sql/create/create_mysql.sql
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ CREATE USER 'acore'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'acore' WITH MAX_QUERIES_PER_HOUR
 
 GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON * . * TO 'acore'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;
 
-CREATE DATABASE `acore_world` DEFAULT CHARACTER SET UTF8MB4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci;
+CREATE DATABASE `acore_world` DEFAULT CHARACTER SET UTF8MB4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
 
-CREATE DATABASE `acore_characters` DEFAULT CHARACTER SET UTF8MB4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci;
+CREATE DATABASE `acore_characters` DEFAULT CHARACTER SET UTF8MB4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
 
-CREATE DATABASE `acore_auth` DEFAULT CHARACTER SET UTF8MB4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci;
+CREATE DATABASE `acore_auth` DEFAULT CHARACTER SET UTF8MB4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
 
 GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON `acore_world` . * TO 'acore'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;