Vapor-Fluent with MySQL: incorrect character set used

vapor.fluent.mysql.md

Base Query

SELECT * FROM performance_schema.session_variables
WHERE VARIABLE_NAME IN (
 'character_set_client', 'character_set_connection',
 'character_set_results', 'collation_connection'
) ORDER BY VARIABLE_NAME;

Sequel Pro

VARIABLE_NAME	VARIABLE_VALUE
character_set_client	utf8mb4
character_set_connection	utf8mb4
character_set_results	utf8mb4
collation_connection	utf8mb4_general_ci

Fluent

VARIABLE_NAME	VARIABLE_VALUE
character_set_client	latin1
character_set_connection	latin1
character_set_results	latin1
collation_connection	latin1_swedish_ci

Vapor-Fluent Configuration

app.databases.use(
    .mysql(
      hostname: readHostname,
      port: port,
      username: username,
      password: password,
      database: DB_NAME,
      tlsConfiguration: tlsConfig,
      maxConnectionsPerEventLoop: 5
    ),
    as: .readDB
)