diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index dc73014d..9a1061a1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -24,9 +24,11 @@ jobs:
         image: mariadb:10.6
         ports:
           - 3306:3306
+        with:
+          collation server: 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci'
         env:
           MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: root
-        options: --health-cmd="mysqladmin ping" --health-interval=5s --health-timeout=2s --health-retries=3 --character-set-server utf8mb4 --collation-server utf8mb4_unicode_ci
+        options: --health-cmd="mysqladmin ping" --health-interval=5s --health-timeout=2s --health-retries=3
     steps:
     - name: Clone
       uses: actions/checkout@v2