diff --git a/dev-upgrade/mysql/mysql-dev.yaml b/dev-upgrade/mysql/mysql-dev.yaml
index 08c806c..798cfd2 100644
--- a/dev-upgrade/mysql/mysql-dev.yaml
+++ b/dev-upgrade/mysql/mysql-dev.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ spec:
       containers:
       - name: mysql
         image: mysql:8.0.33
+        command: --character-set-server=utf8mb4 --collation-server=utf8mb4_unicode_ci --max_connections=2000 --binlog_expire_logs_seconds=432000
         ports:
         - containerPort: 3306
         volumeMounts:
diff --git a/dev-upgrade/mysql/mysql-release.yaml b/dev-upgrade/mysql/mysql-release.yaml
index 9b5328a..a772f74 100644
--- a/dev-upgrade/mysql/mysql-release.yaml
+++ b/dev-upgrade/mysql/mysql-release.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ spec:
       containers:
       - name: mysql
         image: mysql:8.0.33
+        command: --character-set-server=utf8mb4 --collation-server=utf8mb4_unicode_ci --max_connections=2000 --binlog_expire_logs_seconds=432000
         ports:
         - containerPort: 3306
         volumeMounts:
diff --git a/prod-upgrade/mysql/mysql.yaml b/prod-upgrade/mysql/mysql.yaml
index ef11e0c..5710b0b 100644
--- a/prod-upgrade/mysql/mysql.yaml
+++ b/prod-upgrade/mysql/mysql.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ spec:
       containers:
       - name: mysql
         image: mysql:8.0.33
+        command: --character-set-server=utf8mb4 --collation-server=utf8mb4_unicode_ci --max_connections=2000 --binlog_expire_logs_seconds=432000
         ports:
         - containerPort: 3306
         volumeMounts:
diff --git a/sdet-upgrade/mysql/mysql-drill.yaml b/sdet-upgrade/mysql/mysql-drill.yaml
index 908c007..b6f7c54 100644
--- a/sdet-upgrade/mysql/mysql-drill.yaml
+++ b/sdet-upgrade/mysql/mysql-drill.yaml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ spec:
       containers:
       - name: mysql-drill
         image: mysql:8.0.33
+        command: --character-set-server=utf8mb4 --collation-server=utf8mb4_unicode_ci --max_connections=2000 --binlog_expire_logs_seconds=432000
         ports:
         - containerPort: 3306
         volumeMounts: