diff --git a/aws_confluence_dc_node.yml b/aws_confluence_dc_node.yml
index 0bdf71d..3fa31a0 100644
--- a/aws_confluence_dc_node.yml
+++ b/aws_confluence_dc_node.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
     atl_product_user: "confluence"
     atl_product_edition: "confluence"
 
+    atl_jdbc_encoding: 'UTF-8'
+    atl_jdbc_collation: 'UTF-8'
+
   roles:
     - role: linux_common
     - role: aws_common