diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 575cb081..9a47eb3e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start
           mysql -uroot -proot -e 'CREATE DATABASE `yiitest`;'
-          mysql -D yiitest -uroot -proot < tests/data/source.sql
+          mysql --default-character-set=utf8 -D yiitest -uroot -proot < tests/data/source.sql
 
       - name: Install sphinx
         run: cd tests/data/actions && sh sphinx-setup.sh
diff --git a/tests/data/source.sql b/tests/data/source.sql
index a2ec7f00..74650476 100644
--- a/tests/data/source.sql
+++ b/tests/data/source.sql
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `yii2_test_article` (
   `author_id` int(11) NOT NULL,
   `create_date` datetime NOT NULL,
   PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
-) CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 AUTO_INCREMENT=3;
+) ENGINE=MyISAM  DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 AUTO_INCREMENT=3 ;
 
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `yii2_test_item` (
   `id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
@@ -23,19 +23,19 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `yii2_test_item` (
   `category_id` int(11) NOT NULL,
   `price` float NOT NULL,
   PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
-) CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 AUTO_INCREMENT=3;
+) ENGINE=MyISAM  DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 AUTO_INCREMENT=3;
 
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `yii2_test_tag` (
   `id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
   `name` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
   PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
-) CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 AUTO_INCREMENT=5;
+) ENGINE=MyISAM  DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 AUTO_INCREMENT=5;
 
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `yii2_test_article_tag` (
   `article_id` int(11) NOT NULL,
   `tag_id` int(11) NOT NULL,
   PRIMARY KEY (`article_id`,`tag_id`)
-) CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
+) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
 
 INSERT INTO `yii2_test_article` (`id`, `title`, `content`, `author_id`, `create_date`) VALUES
 (1, 'About cats', 'This article is about cats. Repeated.', 1, '2013-10-23 00:00:00'),