diff --git a/scripts/create_dependencies_table.php b/scripts/create_dependencies_table.php
index f5c3174..11dade5 100644
--- a/scripts/create_dependencies_table.php
+++ b/scripts/create_dependencies_table.php
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ $sql = "CREATE TABLE ticket_dependencies (
     INDEX idx_ticket_id (ticket_id),
     INDEX idx_depends_on_id (depends_on_id),
     INDEX idx_dependency_type (dependency_type)
-) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_ci";
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_general_ci";
 
 if ($conn->query($sql) === TRUE) {
     echo "Table 'ticket_dependencies' created successfully.\n";