diff --git a/wp-includes/class-wpdb.php b/wp-includes/class-wpdb.php
index 816f8a13e5..81a43900f5 100644
--- a/wp-includes/class-wpdb.php
+++ b/wp-includes/class-wpdb.php
@@ -3376,12 +3376,21 @@ class wpdb {
 		}
 
 		// If any of the columns don't have one of these collations, it needs more sanity checking.
+		$safe_collations = array(
+			'utf8_bin',
+			'utf8_general_ci',
+			'utf8mb3_bin',
+			'utf8mb3_general_ci',
+			'utf8mb4_bin',
+			'utf8mb4_general_ci',
+		);
+
 		foreach ( $this->col_meta[ $table ] as $col ) {
 			if ( empty( $col->Collation ) ) {
 				continue;
 			}
 
-			if ( ! in_array( $col->Collation, array( 'utf8_general_ci', 'utf8_bin', 'utf8mb4_general_ci', 'utf8mb4_bin' ), true ) ) {
+			if ( ! in_array( $col->Collation, $safe_collations, true ) ) {
 				return false;
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index d1b6f49403..ad759fe743 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '6.1-alpha-53917';
+$wp_version = '6.1-alpha-53918';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.