diff --git a/docker/mysql-setup/init.sql b/docker/mysql-setup/init.sql
index 926e1e85d05de..dfd9c552318ff 100644
--- a/docker/mysql-setup/init.sql
+++ b/docker/mysql-setup/init.sql
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 -- create datahub database
-CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS DATAHUB_DB_NAME;
+CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS DATAHUB_DB_NAME CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
 USE DATAHUB_DB_NAME;
 
 -- create metadata aspect table
diff --git a/docker/mysql/init.sql b/docker/mysql/init.sql
index d5d82fd25a0e5..e4207119ab685 100644
--- a/docker/mysql/init.sql
+++ b/docker/mysql/init.sql
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ CREATE TABLE metadata_aspect_v2 (
   createdby                     VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
   createdfor                    VARCHAR(255),
   CONSTRAINT pk_metadata_aspect_v2 PRIMARY KEY (urn,aspect,version)
-);
+) CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
 
 INSERT INTO metadata_aspect_v2 (urn, aspect, version, metadata, createdon, createdby) VALUES(
   'urn:li:corpuser:datahub',
diff --git a/smoke-test/sample_bq_data.json b/smoke-test/sample_bq_data.json
index 136deec5d047c..4afcad6f35b03 100644
--- a/smoke-test/sample_bq_data.json
+++ b/smoke-test/sample_bq_data.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
                 "aspects": [
                     {
                         "com.linkedin.pegasus2avro.dataset.DatasetProperties": {
-                            "description": "This dataset shows hourly average border crossing duration for US-Canada and US-Mexico borders starting from 2020-03-16. Hourly trip volume is compared to average trip volume calculated between Feb.1st and Mar.15th, 2020 as a control group in each country.",
+                            "description": "This dataset shows hourly average border crossing duration for US-Canada and US-Mexico borders starting from 2020-03-16. Hourly trip volume is compared to average trip volume calculated between Feb.1st and Mar.15th, 2020 as a control group in each country. 테스트",
                             "uri": null,
                             "tags": [],
                             "customProperties": {}