diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index eefdc3fbe5edf00910eb5f263f938905e8d8bae5..310aad61e9ec2a7f69d9fafbf816e91ce81c02da 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ unittests-mysql-5:
     - sed -i "/col_default_is.*NULL/d" tests/test_autotap.sql
     - sed -i "/col_default_is.*INACTIVE/d" tests/test_autotap.sql
     - sed -i "/col_default_is.*SHA/d" tests/test_autotap.sql
+    - sed -i "s/utf8mb3/utf8/" tests/test_autotap.sql
     - make pipeline-test SQL_HOST=mysql
 
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