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@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ This will provide enough permissions for the `xwiki` user to create new schemas
 The command below will also configure the MySQL container to save its data on your localhost in a `/my/path/mysql` directory, and to execute the SQL file defined above at startup:
 
 ```console
-docker run --net=xwiki-nw --name mysql-xwiki -v /my/path/mysql:/var/lib/mysql -v /my/path/mysql-init:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=xwiki -e MYSQL_USER=xwiki -e MYSQL_PASSWORD=xwiki -e MYSQL_DATABASE=xwiki -d mysql:5.7 --character-set-server=utf8mb4 --collation-server=utf8_unicode_ci --explicit-defaults-for-timestamp=1
+docker run --net=xwiki-nw --name mysql-xwiki -v /my/path/mysql:/var/lib/mysql -v /my/path/mysql-init:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=xwiki -e MYSQL_USER=xwiki -e MYSQL_PASSWORD=xwiki -e MYSQL_DATABASE=xwiki -d mysql:5.7 --character-set-server=utf8mb4 --collation-server=utf8mb4_bin --explicit-defaults-for-timestamp=1
 ```
 
 You should adapt the command line to use the passwords that you wish for the MySQL root password and for the `xwiki` user password (make sure to also change the GRANT command).
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ Note: If you want to use `utf8` instead of `utf8mb4` (you won't have emojis thou
 Note: The `explicit-defaults-for-timestamp` parameter was introduced in MySQL 5.6.6 and will thus work only for that version and beyond. If you are using an older MySQL version, please use the following instead:
 
 ```console
-docker run --net=xwiki-nw --name mysql-xwiki -v /my/path/mysql:/var/lib/mysql -v /my/path/mysql-init:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=xwiki -e MYSQL_USER=xwiki -e MYSQL_PASSWORD=xwiki -e MYSQL_DATABASE=xwiki -d mysql:5.7 --character-set-server=utf8mb4 --collation-server=utf8_unicode_ci
+docker run --net=xwiki-nw --name mysql-xwiki -v /my/path/mysql:/var/lib/mysql -v /my/path/mysql-init:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=xwiki -e MYSQL_USER=xwiki -e MYSQL_PASSWORD=xwiki -e MYSQL_DATABASE=xwiki -d mysql:5.7 --character-set-server=utf8mb4 --collation-server=utf8mb4_bin
 ```
 
 #### Starting PostgreSQL