diff --git a/ansible/roles/mariadb/templates/galera.cnf.j2 b/ansible/roles/mariadb/templates/galera.cnf.j2
index d184e02865..bee9d80ac7 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/mariadb/templates/galera.cnf.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/mariadb/templates/galera.cnf.j2
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ binlog_format=ROW
 default-storage-engine=innodb
 innodb_autoinc_lock_mode=2
 
-collation-server = utf8_unicode_ci
+collation-server = utf8_general_ci
 init-connect='SET NAMES utf8'
 character-set-server = utf8