diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index bb13f2e849..84221de278 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: "Repository - MySQL 5.7.23 tests"
       if: (branch =~ /(release\/.*$|master)/ AND commit_message !~ /\[skip db\]/ AND type != pull_request) OR commit_message =~ /\[db\]/
       before_script:
-        - docker run -d -p 3307:3306 -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=alfresco -e MYSQL_USER=alfresco -e MYSQL_DATABASE=alfresco -e MYSQL_PASSWORD=alfresco  mysql:5.7.23 --transaction-isolation='READ-COMMITTED'
+        - docker run -d -p 3307:3306 -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=alfresco -e MYSQL_USER=alfresco -e MYSQL_DATABASE=alfresco -e MYSQL_PASSWORD=alfresco  mysql:5.7.23 --transaction-isolation='READ-COMMITTED' --character-set-server=utf8mb4 --collation-server=utf8mb4_unicode_ci
         - docker run -d -p 61616:61616 -p 5672:5672 alfresco/alfresco-activemq:5.16.1
       script: travis_wait 20 mvn -B test -pl repository -Dtest=AllDBTestsTestSuite -Ddb.driver=com.mysql.jdbc.Driver -Ddb.name=alfresco -Ddb.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3307/alfresco -Ddb.username=alfresco -Ddb.password=alfresco
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0bc2d49819..05297e4ddc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
         <alfresco.maven-plugin.version>2.2.0</alfresco.maven-plugin.version>
 
         <dependency.postgresql.version>42.3.1</dependency.postgresql.version>
-        <dependency.mysql.version>8.0.25</dependency.mysql.version>
+        <dependency.mysql.version>8.0.27</dependency.mysql.version>
         <dependency.mysql-image.version>8</dependency.mysql-image.version>
         <dependency.mariadb.version>2.7.4</dependency.mariadb.version>
         <dependency.tas-utility.version>3.0.47</dependency.tas-utility.version>