diff --git a/config/database.php b/config/database.php
index 3ddc3968f365..f720f56657f7 100644
--- a/config/database.php
+++ b/config/database.php
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
             'password' => env('DB_PASSWORD', ''),
             'unix_socket' => env('DB_SOCKET', ''),
             'charset' => env('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8mb4'),
-            'collation' => env('DB_COLLATION', 'utf8mb4_uca1400_ai_ci'),
+            'collation' => env('DB_COLLATION', 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci'),
             'prefix' => '',
             'prefix_indexes' => true,
             'strict' => true,