diff --git a/installer/data/mysql/db_revs/210600000.pl b/installer/data/mysql/db_revs/210600000.pl
index 2e120d4193..a9d08fef02 100644
--- a/installer/data/mysql/db_revs/210600000.pl
+++ b/installer/data/mysql/db_revs/210600000.pl
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use Modern::Perl;
 use utf8;
+use Encode qw( encode_utf8 );
 
 {
     bug_number => undef,
@@ -8,9 +9,9 @@ use utf8;
         my ($args) = @_;
         my ($dbh, $out) = @$args{qw(dbh out)};
 
-        say $out '🎵 Run, rabbit run. 🎶';
-        say $out 'Dig that hole, forget the sun,';
-        say $out 'And when at last the work is done';
-        say $out "Don't sit down it's time to dig another one.";
+        say $out encode_utf8 '🎵 Run, rabbit run. 🎶';
+        say $out encode_utf8 'Dig that hole, forget the sun,';
+        say $out encode_utf8 'And when at last the work is done';
+        say $out encode_utf8 "Don't sit down it's time to dig another one.";
     },
 }