diff --git a/ConnectionFactory.php b/ConnectionFactory.php
index fc3911aa1..c0fd16761 100644
--- a/ConnectionFactory.php
+++ b/ConnectionFactory.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Type;
 
 use function array_merge;
+use function defined;
 use function is_subclass_of;
 use function trigger_deprecation;
 
@@ -79,8 +80,19 @@ public function createConnection(array $params, ?Configuration $config = null, ?
                 if ($driver instanceof AbstractMySQLDriver) {
                     $params['charset'] = 'utf8mb4';
 
-                    if (! isset($params['defaultTableOptions']['collate'])) {
-                        $params['defaultTableOptions']['collate'] = 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci';
+                    /* PARAM_ASCII_STR_ARRAY is defined since doctrine/dbal 3.3
+                       doctrine/dbal 3.3.2 adds support for the option "collation"
+                       Checking for that constant will no longer be necessary
+                       after dropping support for doctrine/dbal 2, since this
+                       package requires doctrine/dbal 3.3.2 or higher. */
+                    if (isset($params['defaultTableOptions']['collate']) && defined('Doctrine\DBAL\Connection::PARAM_ASCII_STR_ARRAY')) {
+                        $params['defaultTableOptions']['collation'] = $params['defaultTableOptions']['collate'];
+                        unset($params['defaultTableOptions']['collate']);
+                    }
+
+                    $collationOption = defined('Doctrine\DBAL\Connection::PARAM_ASCII_STR_ARRAY') ? 'collation' : 'collate';
+                    if (! isset($params['defaultTableOptions'][$collationOption])) {
+                        $params['defaultTableOptions'][$collationOption] = 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci';
                     }
                 } else {
                     $params['charset'] = 'utf8';
diff --git a/Tests/ConnectionFactoryTest.php b/Tests/ConnectionFactoryTest.php
index af75a1db2..116a63de1 100644
--- a/Tests/ConnectionFactoryTest.php
+++ b/Tests/ConnectionFactoryTest.php
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 use function array_intersect_key;
 use function class_exists;
+use function defined;
 use function strpos;
 
 // Compatibility with DBAL < 3
@@ -81,6 +82,56 @@ public function testDefaultCharsetMySql(): void
         $this->assertSame('utf8mb4', $connection->getParams()['charset']);
     }
 
+    public function testDefaultCollateMySql(): void
+    {
+        if (defined('Doctrine\DBAL\Connection::PARAM_ASCII_STR_ARRAY')) {
+            self::markTestSkipped('This test is only relevant for DBAL < 3.3');
+        }
+
+        $factory    = new ConnectionFactory([]);
+        $connection = $factory->createConnection(['driver' => 'pdo_mysql']);
+
+        $this->assertSame(
+            'utf8mb4_unicode_ci',
+            $connection->getParams()['defaultTableOptions']['collate']
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function testDefaultCollationMySql(): void
+    {
+        if (! defined('Doctrine\DBAL\Connection::PARAM_ASCII_STR_ARRAY')) {
+            self::markTestSkipped('This test is only relevant for DBAL >= 3.3');
+        }
+
+        $factory    = new ConnectionFactory([]);
+        $connection = $factory->createConnection(['driver' => 'pdo_mysql']);
+
+        $this->assertSame(
+            'utf8mb4_unicode_ci',
+            $connection->getParams()['defaultTableOptions']['collation']
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function testCollateMapsToCollationForMySql(): void
+    {
+        if (! defined('Doctrine\DBAL\Connection::PARAM_ASCII_STR_ARRAY')) {
+            self::markTestSkipped('This test is only relevant for DBAL >= 3.3');
+        }
+
+        $factory    = new ConnectionFactory([]);
+        $connection = $factory->createConnection([
+            'driver' => 'pdo_mysql',
+            'defaultTableOptions' => ['collate' => 'my_collation'],
+        ]);
+
+        $tableOptions = $connection->getParams()['defaultTableOptions'];
+        $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('collate', $tableOptions);
+        $this->assertSame(
+            'my_collation',
+            $tableOptions['collation']
+        );
+    }
+
     /** @group legacy */
     public function testConnectionOverrideOptions(): void
     {
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index ea3904703..8c127965f 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
         "php": "^7.1 || ^8.0",
         "doctrine/annotations": "^1",
         "doctrine/cache": "^1.11 || ^2.0",
-        "doctrine/dbal": "^2.13.1|^3.1",
+        "doctrine/dbal": "^2.13.1|^3.3.2",
         "doctrine/persistence": "^2.2",
         "doctrine/sql-formatter": "^1.0.1",
         "symfony/cache": "^4.3.3|^5.0|^6.0",
diff --git a/psalm.xml.dist b/psalm.xml.dist
index 8d686af10..536ff0ce0 100644
--- a/psalm.xml.dist
+++ b/psalm.xml.dist
@@ -39,5 +39,11 @@
                 <file name="Repository/ServiceEntityRepository.php"/>
             </errorLevel>
         </TooManyTemplateParams>
+        <InvalidArrayOffset>
+            <errorLevel type="suppress">
+                <!-- requires a release of https://github.com/doctrine/dbal/pull/5261 -->
+                <file name="Tests/ConnectionFactoryTest.php"/>
+            </errorLevel>
+        </InvalidArrayOffset>
     </issueHandlers>
 </psalm>