diff --git a/docs/installation/auth/allianceauth.md b/docs/installation/auth/allianceauth.md
index 54678859..9c3debd2 100644
--- a/docs/installation/auth/allianceauth.md
+++ b/docs/installation/auth/allianceauth.md
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ CentOS:
 Alliance Auth needs a MySQL user account and database. Open an SQL shell with `mysql -u root -p` and create them as follows, replacing `PASSWORD` with an actual secure password:
 
     CREATE USER 'allianceserver'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'PASSWORD';
-    CREATE DATABASE alliance_auth CHARACTER SET utf8;
+    CREATE DATABASE alliance_auth CHARACTER SET utf8mb4;
     GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON alliance_auth . * TO 'allianceserver'@'localhost';
 
 Add timezone tables to your mysql installation: