diff --git a/install/sqls/00018-email-verification.sql b/install/sqls/00018-email-verification.sql
index 3e5ed4e8..f8f68c65 100644
--- a/install/sqls/00018-email-verification.sql
+++ b/install/sqls/00018-email-verification.sql
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ ALTER TABLE `profiles` ADD `activated` tinyint(3) NULL DEFAULT '1' AFTER `2fa_se
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `email_verifications` (
   `id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
   `profile` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL,
-  `key` char(64) COLLATE utf8mb4_general_nopad_ci NOT NULL,
+  `key` char(64) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL,
   `timestamp` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL,
   PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
 ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci;