diff --git a/app/tests/bootstrap.php b/app/tests/bootstrap.php
index ce576d9fc..03aa54a4d 100644
--- a/app/tests/bootstrap.php
+++ b/app/tests/bootstrap.php
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
     'username' => $testDbUser,
     'password' => $testDbPass,
     'database' => $testDbName,
-    'quoteIdentifiers' => false,
+    'quoteIdentifiers' => true,
   ];
 } else {
   // mysql or mariadb (CakePHP uses the MySQL driver for MariaDB)
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
     'database' => $testDbName,
     'encoding' => 'utf8mb4',
     'timezone' => 'UTC',
-    'quoteIdentifiers' => false,
+    'quoteIdentifiers' => true,
   ];
 }