diff --git a/dev/docker/hive/start.sh b/dev/docker/hive/start.sh
index ca5698faa65..d6b4361402c 100644
--- a/dev/docker/hive/start.sh
+++ b/dev/docker/hive/start.sh
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ if [[ -n "$SERVICE_ACCOUNT_FILE" ]]; then
   sed -i "s|SERVICE_ACCOUNT_FILE|${SERVICE_ACCOUNT_FILE}|g" ${HIVE_CONF_DIR}/hive-site.xml
 fi
 
+sed -i "s/useSSL=false/useSSL=false\&characterEncoding=utf8\&useUnicode=true/g" ${HIVE_CONF_DIR}/hive-site.xml
+
 # Link mysql-connector-java after deciding where HIVE_HOME symbolic link points to.
 ln -s /opt/mysql-connector-java-${MYSQL_JDBC_DRIVER_VERSION}/mysql-connector-java-${MYSQL_JDBC_DRIVER_VERSION}.jar ${HIVE_HOME}/lib
 
@@ -168,6 +170,16 @@ echo """
 # start hive
 echo "Starting Hive..."
 ${HIVE_HOME}/bin/schematool -initSchema -dbType mysql
+echo """
+  alter table DBS modify column \`DESC\` varchar(4000) character set utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_bin;
+  alter table COLUMNS_V2 modify column COMMENT varchar(256) character set utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_bin;
+  alter table TABLE_PARAMS modify column PARAM_VALUE varchar(4000) character set utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_bin;
+  alter table PARTITION_PARAMS modify column PARAM_VALUE varchar(4000) character set utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_bin;
+  alter table PARTITION_KEYS modify column PKEY_COMMENT varchar(4000) character set utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_bin;
+  alter table INDEX_PARAMS modify column PARAM_VALUE varchar(4000) character set utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_bin;
+  alter table PARTITIONS  modify column PART_NAME varchar(757) character set utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_bin;
+""" | mysql --user=root --password=${MYSQL_PWD} -Dmetastore_db
+
 ${HIVE_HOME}/bin/hive --service hiveserver2 > /dev/null 2>&1 &
 ${HIVE_HOME}/bin/hive --service metastore > /dev/null 2>&1 &