diff --git a/mariadb/values.yaml b/mariadb/values.yaml
index 4ef16b7ad3..ff5ab41730 100644
--- a/mariadb/values.yaml
+++ b/mariadb/values.yaml
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ conf:
       [mysqld]
       # Charset
       character_set_server=utf8
-      collation_server=utf8_unicode_ci
+      collation_server=utf8_general_ci
       skip-character-set-client-handshake
 
       # Logging