diff --git a/.github/workflows/github_action_test_suite.yml b/.github/workflows/github_action_test_suite.yml
index 9ae02bd26e..ded08d764c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/github_action_test_suite.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/github_action_test_suite.yml
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ jobs:
           --health-interval 10s
           --health-timeout 5s
           --health-retries 5
-          --character-set-server-utf8mb4
-          --collation-server-utf8mb4_unicode_ci
+          --character-set-server "utf8mb4"
+          --collation-server "utf8mb4_unicode_ci"
         ports:
           - 3306:3306