diff --git a/app/tests/bootstrap.php b/app/tests/bootstrap.php
index 03aa54a4d..509884a16 100644
--- a/app/tests/bootstrap.php
+++ b/app/tests/bootstrap.php
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
     'username' => $testDbUser,
     'password' => $testDbPass,
     'database' => $testDbName,
-    'quoteIdentifiers' => true,
+    'quoteIdentifiers' => false,
   ];
 } else {
   // mysql or mariadb (CakePHP uses the MySQL driver for MariaDB)