diff --git a/sql/create/create_mysql.sql b/sql/create/create_mysql.sql
index 0f3969ed021..c7b203cd273 100644
--- a/sql/create/create_mysql.sql
+++ b/sql/create/create_mysql.sql
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CREATE DATABASE `characters` DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci;
 
 CREATE DATABASE `auth` DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci;
 
-CREATE DATABASE `hotfixes` DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci;
+CREATE DATABASE `hotfixes` DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
 
 GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON `world` . * TO 'trinity'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;
 
diff --git a/sql/updates/hotfixes/4.3.4/2020_09_22_00_hotfixes.sql b/sql/updates/hotfixes/4.3.4/2020_09_22_00_hotfixes.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..65954e1a8e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql/updates/hotfixes/4.3.4/2020_09_22_00_hotfixes.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+ALTER DATABASE CHARACTER SET = utf8mb4 COLLATE = utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
+ALTER TABLE `hotfix_data` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
+ALTER TABLE `item` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
+ALTER TABLE `item_currency_cost` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
+ALTER TABLE `item_extended_cost` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
+ALTER TABLE `item_sparse` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
+ALTER TABLE `item_sparse_locale` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
+ALTER TABLE `key_chain` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
+ALTER TABLE `updates` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
+ALTER TABLE `updates_include` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
diff --git a/src/server/database/Updater/DBUpdater.cpp b/src/server/database/Updater/DBUpdater.cpp
index 152f6f157d7..806c4eaf59c 100644
--- a/src/server/database/Updater/DBUpdater.cpp
+++ b/src/server/database/Updater/DBUpdater.cpp
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ bool DBUpdater<T>::Create(DatabaseWorkerPool<T>& pool)
         return false;
     }
 
-    file << "CREATE DATABASE `" << pool.GetConnectionInfo()->database << "` DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci\n\n";
+    file << "CREATE DATABASE `" << pool.GetConnectionInfo()->database << "` DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci\n\n";
 
     file.close();