diff --git a/.github/workflows/pytest.yml b/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
index 3de4da84..84966026 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ on:
   pull_request:
   workflow_dispatch:
 env:
-  PYTEST_SKIP_OPTION: "not test_no_trailing_rotate_event and not test_end_log_pos and not test_query_event_latin1"
+  PYTEST_SKIP_OPTION: "not test_no_trailing_rotate_event and not test_end_log_pos"
 jobs:
   test:
     strategy:
diff --git a/pymysqlreplication/tests/base.py b/pymysqlreplication/tests/base.py
index b288be84..0198f014 100644
--- a/pymysqlreplication/tests/base.py
+++ b/pymysqlreplication/tests/base.py
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ def setUp(self, charset="utf8"):
         self.execute("DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS pymysqlreplication_test")
         self.execute("CREATE DATABASE pymysqlreplication_test")
         db = copy.copy(self.database)
+        db["charset"] = charset
         self.connect_conn_control(db)
         self.stream = None
         self.resetBinLog()