diff --git a/aws_jira_dc_node.yml b/aws_jira_dc_node.yml
index f0af8a4..e95dbe3 100644
--- a/aws_jira_dc_node.yml
+++ b/aws_jira_dc_node.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
     atl_startup_systemd_params:
       - "LimitNOFILE=16384"
 
+    atl_jdbc_encoding: 'UNICODE'
+    atl_jdbc_collation: 'C'
+    atl_jdbc_ctype: 'C'
+
   roles:
     - role: linux_common
     - role: aws_common