diff --git a/docker/docker-compose-without-neo4j.override.yml b/docker/docker-compose-without-neo4j.override.yml
index f6f05a52d6489..7a934a8aa25d6 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose-without-neo4j.override.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose-without-neo4j.override.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ services:
     hostname: mysql
     image: mysql:5.7
     env_file: mysql/env/docker.env
-    command: --character-set-server=utf8mb4 --collation-server=utf8mb4_unicode_ci
+    command: --character-set-server=utf8mb4 --collation-server=utf8mb4_bin
     ports:
       - "3306:3306"
     volumes:
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.override.yml b/docker/docker-compose.override.yml
index 63180a9131ca1..e08d1c29cd22c 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.override.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.override.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ services:
     hostname: mysql
     image: mysql:5.7
     env_file: mysql/env/docker.env
-    command: --character-set-server=utf8mb4 --collation-server=utf8mb4_unicode_ci
+    command: --character-set-server=utf8mb4 --collation-server=utf8mb4_bin
     ports:
       - "3306:3306"
     volumes:
diff --git a/docker/mysql-setup/init.sql b/docker/mysql-setup/init.sql
index 83ae2e0447a5a..bb76d84bac183 100644
--- a/docker/mysql-setup/init.sql
+++ b/docker/mysql-setup/init.sql
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 -- create datahub database
-CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS DATAHUB_DB_NAME CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
+CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS DATAHUB_DB_NAME CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_bin;
 USE DATAHUB_DB_NAME;
 
 -- create metadata aspect table
diff --git a/docker/mysql/docker-compose.mysql.yml b/docker/mysql/docker-compose.mysql.yml
index 1cfe91a29f30a..70287433bb541 100644
--- a/docker/mysql/docker-compose.mysql.yml
+++ b/docker/mysql/docker-compose.mysql.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ services:
     hostname: mysql
     image: mysql:5.7
     env_file: env/docker.env
-    command: --character-set-server=utf8mb4 --collation-server=utf8mb4_unicode_ci
+    command: --character-set-server=utf8mb4 --collation-server=utf8mb4_bin
     ports:
       - "3306:3306"
     volumes:
diff --git a/docker/mysql/init.sql b/docker/mysql/init.sql
index 6d08983e5994c..43b69e12f4ed9 100644
--- a/docker/mysql/init.sql
+++ b/docker/mysql/init.sql
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ CREATE TABLE metadata_aspect_v2 (
   createdby                     VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
   createdfor                    VARCHAR(255),
   CONSTRAINT pk_metadata_aspect_v2 PRIMARY KEY (urn,aspect,version)
-) CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
+) CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_bin;
 
 INSERT INTO metadata_aspect_v2 (urn, aspect, version, metadata, createdon, createdby) VALUES(
   'urn:li:corpuser:datahub',
diff --git a/docker/quickstart/docker-compose-without-neo4j.quickstart.yml b/docker/quickstart/docker-compose-without-neo4j.quickstart.yml
index 49fac8983a2d5..cddd1e0f88817 100644
--- a/docker/quickstart/docker-compose-without-neo4j.quickstart.yml
+++ b/docker/quickstart/docker-compose-without-neo4j.quickstart.yml
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ services:
     hostname: kafka-setup
     image: linkedin/datahub-kafka-setup:${DATAHUB_VERSION:-head}
   mysql:
-    command: --character-set-server=utf8mb4 --collation-server=utf8mb4_unicode_ci
+    command: --character-set-server=utf8mb4 --collation-server=utf8mb4_bin
     container_name: mysql
     environment:
     - MYSQL_DATABASE=datahub
diff --git a/docker/quickstart/docker-compose.quickstart.yml b/docker/quickstart/docker-compose.quickstart.yml
index 6de1c37e97a47..5aaf3fd3e8c68 100644
--- a/docker/quickstart/docker-compose.quickstart.yml
+++ b/docker/quickstart/docker-compose.quickstart.yml
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ services:
     hostname: kafka-setup
     image: linkedin/datahub-kafka-setup:${DATAHUB_VERSION:-head}
   mysql:
-    command: --character-set-server=utf8mb4 --collation-server=utf8mb4_unicode_ci
+    command: --character-set-server=utf8mb4 --collation-server=utf8mb4_bin
     container_name: mysql
     environment:
     - MYSQL_DATABASE=datahub