diff --git a/homeassistant/components/recorder/db_schema.py b/homeassistant/components/recorder/db_schema.py
index 3bdbb0d3c28..9a059c570c6 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/recorder/db_schema.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/recorder/db_schema.py
@@ -111,6 +111,15 @@ ENTITY_ID_LAST_UPDATED_INDEX_TS = "ix_states_entity_id_last_updated_ts"
 EVENTS_CONTEXT_ID_INDEX = "ix_events_context_id"
 STATES_CONTEXT_ID_INDEX = "ix_states_context_id"
 
+_DEFAULT_TABLE_ARGS = {
+    "mysql_default_charset": "utf8mb4",
+    "mysql_collate": "utf8mb4_unicode_ci",
+    "mysql_engine": "InnoDB",
+    "mariadb_default_charset": "utf8mb4",
+    "mariadb_collate": "utf8mb4_unicode_ci",
+    "mariadb_engine": "InnoDB",
+}
+
 
 class FAST_PYSQLITE_DATETIME(sqlite.DATETIME):
     """Use ciso8601 to parse datetimes instead of sqlalchemy built-in regex."""
@@ -165,7 +174,7 @@ class Events(Base):
         # Used for fetching events at a specific time
         # see logbook
         Index("ix_events_event_type_time_fired_ts", "event_type", "time_fired_ts"),
-        {"mysql_default_charset": "utf8mb4", "mysql_collate": "utf8mb4_unicode_ci"},
+        _DEFAULT_TABLE_ARGS,
     )
     __tablename__ = TABLE_EVENTS
     event_id: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(Integer, Identity(), primary_key=True)
@@ -256,9 +265,7 @@ class Events(Base):
 class EventData(Base):
     """Event data history."""
 
-    __table_args__ = (
-        {"mysql_default_charset": "utf8mb4", "mysql_collate": "utf8mb4_unicode_ci"},
-    )
+    __table_args__ = (_DEFAULT_TABLE_ARGS,)
     __tablename__ = TABLE_EVENT_DATA
     data_id: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(Integer, Identity(), primary_key=True)
     hash: Mapped[int | None] = mapped_column(BigInteger, index=True)
@@ -309,7 +316,7 @@ class States(Base):
         # Used for fetching the state of entities at a specific time
         # (get_states in history.py)
         Index(ENTITY_ID_LAST_UPDATED_INDEX_TS, "entity_id", "last_updated_ts"),
-        {"mysql_default_charset": "utf8mb4", "mysql_collate": "utf8mb4_unicode_ci"},
+        _DEFAULT_TABLE_ARGS,
     )
     __tablename__ = TABLE_STATES
     state_id: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(Integer, Identity(), primary_key=True)
@@ -440,9 +447,7 @@ class States(Base):
 class StateAttributes(Base):
     """State attribute change history."""
 
-    __table_args__ = (
-        {"mysql_default_charset": "utf8mb4", "mysql_collate": "utf8mb4_unicode_ci"},
-    )
+    __table_args__ = (_DEFAULT_TABLE_ARGS,)
     __tablename__ = TABLE_STATE_ATTRIBUTES
     attributes_id: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(Integer, Identity(), primary_key=True)
     hash: Mapped[int | None] = mapped_column(BigInteger, index=True)
@@ -611,9 +616,7 @@ class StatisticsShortTerm(Base, StatisticsBase):
 class StatisticsMeta(Base):
     """Statistics meta data."""
 
-    __table_args__ = (
-        {"mysql_default_charset": "utf8mb4", "mysql_collate": "utf8mb4_unicode_ci"},
-    )
+    __table_args__ = (_DEFAULT_TABLE_ARGS,)
     __tablename__ = TABLE_STATISTICS_META
     id: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(Integer, Identity(), primary_key=True)
     statistic_id: Mapped[str | None] = mapped_column(