diff --git a/lib-ee/emqx_ee_bridge/test/emqx_ee_bridge_sqlserver_SUITE.erl b/lib-ee/emqx_ee_bridge/test/emqx_ee_bridge_sqlserver_SUITE.erl
index 8b0cc53ce..27a85d10f 100644
--- a/lib-ee/emqx_ee_bridge/test/emqx_ee_bridge_sqlserver_SUITE.erl
+++ b/lib-ee/emqx_ee_bridge/test/emqx_ee_bridge_sqlserver_SUITE.erl
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@
     " msgid   VARCHAR(64) NULL,"
     " topic   VARCHAR(100) NULL,"
     " qos     tinyint NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,"
-    " payload NVARCHAR(100) NULL,"
+    %% use VARCHAR to use utf8 encoding
+    %% for default, sqlserver use utf16 encoding NVARCHAR()
+    " payload VARCHAR(100) NULL,"
     " arrived DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP)"
 ).