diff --git a/docs/NEWS b/docs/NEWS
index 1863624b..6ca58762 100644
--- a/docs/NEWS
+++ b/docs/NEWS
@@ -28,7 +28,12 @@ Version 2.x.x (major) ()
 
     * Change Spartacus default mirror to github (#489)
 
-Version 2.1.2 (March 25, 2018)
+Version 2.1.3 ()
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    * Fix SQL compatibility for creating of table "serendipity_groupconfig" 
+
+Version 2.1.2 (March 25, 2018))
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     * Exclude defunct netmirror spartacus repository
diff --git a/sql/db.sql b/sql/db.sql
index c6a9fc81..46caefc5 100644
--- a/sql/db.sql
+++ b/sql/db.sql
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ create table {PREFIX}groups (
 
 create table {PREFIX}groupconfig (
   id int(10) {UNSIGNED} not null default '0',
-  property varchar(128) default null,
+  property varchar(128) default '',
   value varchar(32) default null,
   {PRIMARY} (id, property)
 ) {UTF_8};