diff --git a/sopel_modules/SpiceBot/Database.py b/sopel_modules/SpiceBot/Database.py
index d0906fb..0754286 100644
--- a/sopel_modules/SpiceBot/Database.py
+++ b/sopel_modules/SpiceBot/Database.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from sopel.db import SopelDB, _deserialize
 from .Config import config as botconfig
 
 from sqlalchemy.engine.url import URL
-from sqlalchemy import create_engine, Column, String, ForeignKey, Integer, Text
+from sqlalchemy import create_engine, Column, String, ForeignKey, Integer, Unicode
 from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
 from sqlalchemy.exc import SQLAlchemyError
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class NickValues(BASE):
     nick_id = Column(Integer, ForeignKey('spice_nick_ids.nick_id'), primary_key=True)
     namespace = Column(String(255), primary_key=True)
     key = Column(String(255), primary_key=True)
-    value = Column(Text())
+    value = Column(Unicode())
 
 
 class ChannelValues(BASE):
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class ChannelValues(BASE):
     channel = Column(String(255), primary_key=True)
     namespace = Column(String(255), primary_key=True)
     key = Column(String(255), primary_key=True)
-    value = Column(Text())
+    value = Column(Unicode())
 
 
 class PluginValues(BASE):
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class PluginValues(BASE):
     plugin = Column(String(255), primary_key=True)
     namespace = Column(String(255), primary_key=True)
     key = Column(String(255), primary_key=True)
-    value = Column(Text())
+    value = Column(Unicode())
 
 
 class SpiceDB(object):