diff --git a/docs/rolereference.rst b/docs/rolereference.rst
index c2717a4eb2c81e201f25f414a75fcc48c4536860..9eb2cba11300006160f19e2529d0961600965158 100644
--- a/docs/rolereference.rst
+++ b/docs/rolereference.rst
@@ -2067,6 +2067,7 @@ Distribution compatibility
 Role is compatible with the following distributions:
 
 - Debian 11 (Bullseye)
+- Debian 12 (Bookworm)
 
 
 Examples
diff --git a/roles/database_server/files/utf8.cnf b/roles/database_server/files/utf8.cnf
deleted file mode 100644
index 41699997f9c3973909c3edcffcf9c1c5c1364f7e..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/roles/database_server/files/utf8.cnf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-[client]
-default-character-set = utf8
-
-[mysqld]
-character-set-server  = utf8
-collation-server      = utf8_general_ci
-character_set_server  = utf8
-collation_server      = utf8_general_ci
diff --git a/roles/database_server/meta/main.yml b/roles/database_server/meta/main.yml
index fdf48d6ea1f5ba86a50afd0a66c24297c7bb15c9..9d1b6953c040e804826c57bde14534d899574f94 100644
--- a/roles/database_server/meta/main.yml
+++ b/roles/database_server/meta/main.yml
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ galaxy_info:
     - name: Debian
       versions:
         - 11
+        - 12
diff --git a/roles/database_server/molecule/default/molecule.yml b/roles/database_server/molecule/default/molecule.yml
index aa895e1f0f661c6e8deccd137bb032c13388a7ab..50217ebb3c3e09d28768ddbc571dff625c92b86d 100644
--- a/roles/database_server/molecule/default/molecule.yml
+++ b/roles/database_server/molecule/default/molecule.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,15 @@ platforms:
     provider_raw_config_args:
       - "customize ['modifyvm', :id, '--paravirtprovider', 'minimal']"
 
+  - name: parameters-mandatory-bookworm
+    groups:
+      - parameters-mandatory
+    box: debian/bookworm64
+    memory: 512
+    cpus: 1
+    provider_raw_config_args:
+      - "customize ['modifyvm', :id, '--paravirtprovider', 'minimal']"
+
 provisioner:
   name: ansible
   config_options:
diff --git a/roles/database_server/molecule/default/tests/test_default.py b/roles/database_server/molecule/default/tests/test_default.py
index e817df811b0988c8270ae5aedea8e624c026c15e..8d56e2f6f25a3af5e87ca7043a53cf7cfb889d00 100644
--- a/roles/database_server/molecule/default/tests/test_default.py
+++ b/roles/database_server/molecule/default/tests/test_default.py
@@ -47,6 +47,13 @@ def test_utf8_configuration(host):
     Tests if UTF-8 configuration has been applied correctly to server.
     """
 
+    expected_character_set_and_collation = {
+        "bullseye": "utf8\nutf8_general_ci\n",
+        "bookworm": "utf8mb3\nutf8mb3_general_ci\n",
+    }
+
+    distribution_release = host.ansible("setup")["ansible_facts"]["ansible_distribution_release"]
+
     with host.sudo():
         assert host.run("mysql -uroot -BNe 'drop database if exists test'").rc == 0
         assert host.run("mysql -uroot -BNe 'create database test'").rc == 0
@@ -54,14 +61,14 @@ def test_utf8_configuration(host):
         check_server = host.run("mysql -uroot test -BNe 'select @@character_set_server; select @@collation_server'")
 
         assert check_server.rc == 0
-        assert check_server.stdout == "utf8\nutf8_general_ci\n"
+        assert check_server.stdout == expected_character_set_and_collation[distribution_release]
 
         check_database = host.run("mysql -uroot test -BNe 'select @@character_set_database; select @@collation_database'")
 
         assert check_database.rc == 0
-        assert check_database.stdout == "utf8\nutf8_general_ci\n"
+        assert check_database.stdout == expected_character_set_and_collation[distribution_release]
 
         check_database = host.run("mysql -uroot -BNe 'select @@character_set_connection; select @@collation_connection'")
 
         assert check_database.rc == 0
-        assert check_database.stdout == "utf8\nutf8_general_ci\n"
+        assert check_database.stdout == expected_character_set_and_collation[distribution_release]
diff --git a/roles/database_server/tasks/main.yml b/roles/database_server/tasks/main.yml
index 30dd4e2aaaec2eccf9756fbf4d179241f302ea95..b1af29cbd9b37bddc86fdeb204c7758075aa02c0 100644
--- a/roles/database_server/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/database_server/tasks/main.yml
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
     enabled: true
 
 - name: Set UTF-8 encoding as default for MariaDB
-  copy:
-    src: "utf8.cnf"
+  template:
+    src: "utf8.cnf.j2"
     dest: "/etc/mysql/mariadb.conf.d/90-utf8.cnf"
     owner: root
     group: root
diff --git a/roles/database_server/templates/utf8.cnf.j2 b/roles/database_server/templates/utf8.cnf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ac1e31328b732d6da707878d595c0f56c6b5d684
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/database_server/templates/utf8.cnf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{% if ansible_distribution_release == 'bullseye' %}
+[client]
+default-character-set = utf8
+
+[mysqld]
+character-set-server  = utf8
+collation-server      = utf8_general_ci
+character_set_server  = utf8
+collation_server      = utf8_general_ci
+{% else %}
+[client]
+default-character-set = utf8mb3
+
+[mysqld]
+character-set-server  = utf8mb3
+collation-server      = utf8mb3_general_ci
+character_set_server  = utf8mb3
+collation_server      = utf8mb3_general_ci
+{% endif %}