diff --git a/apollo-adminservice/src/main/resources/application-github.properties b/apollo-adminservice/src/main/resources/application-github.properties
index 3312cef3cb0..4f4e34d881c 100644
--- a/apollo-adminservice/src/main/resources/application-github.properties
+++ b/apollo-adminservice/src/main/resources/application-github.properties
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 # DataSource
+spring.datasource.hikari.connection-init-sql = SET NAMES utf8mb4
 spring.datasource.url = ${spring_datasource_url}
 spring.datasource.username = ${spring_datasource_username}
 spring.datasource.password = ${spring_datasource_password}
diff --git a/apollo-common/src/main/resources/application.yaml b/apollo-common/src/main/resources/application.yaml
index 470372bbd90..73d2c04326d 100644
--- a/apollo-common/src/main/resources/application.yaml
+++ b/apollo-common/src/main/resources/application.yaml
@@ -31,10 +31,6 @@ spring:
   mvc:
     converters:
       preferred-json-mapper: gson
-  # DataSource
-  datasource:
-    hikari:
-      connectionInitSql: set names utf8mb4
 
 # Tomcat configuration
 server:
diff --git a/apollo-configservice/src/main/resources/application-github.properties b/apollo-configservice/src/main/resources/application-github.properties
index 3312cef3cb0..4f4e34d881c 100644
--- a/apollo-configservice/src/main/resources/application-github.properties
+++ b/apollo-configservice/src/main/resources/application-github.properties
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 # DataSource
+spring.datasource.hikari.connection-init-sql = SET NAMES utf8mb4
 spring.datasource.url = ${spring_datasource_url}
 spring.datasource.username = ${spring_datasource_username}
 spring.datasource.password = ${spring_datasource_password}
diff --git a/apollo-portal/src/main/resources/application-github.properties b/apollo-portal/src/main/resources/application-github.properties
index 3312cef3cb0..4f4e34d881c 100644
--- a/apollo-portal/src/main/resources/application-github.properties
+++ b/apollo-portal/src/main/resources/application-github.properties
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 # DataSource
+spring.datasource.hikari.connection-init-sql = SET NAMES utf8mb4
 spring.datasource.url = ${spring_datasource_url}
 spring.datasource.username = ${spring_datasource_username}
 spring.datasource.password = ${spring_datasource_password}