diff --git a/InvenTree/InvenTree/settings.py b/InvenTree/InvenTree/settings.py
index 1d80250fb3..27553767d7 100644
--- a/InvenTree/InvenTree/settings.py
+++ b/InvenTree/InvenTree/settings.py
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ db_config['TEST'] = {
 
 # Set collation option for mysql test database
 if 'mysql' in db_engine:
-    db_config['TEST']['COLLATION'] = 'utf8'
+    db_config['TEST']['COLLATION'] = 'utf8mb4'
 
 DATABASES = {
     'default': db_config