How to search for exact phrases using the MySQL MeCab Full-Text Parser Plugin?

Question

I'm using MySQL 8.0.27.

MATCH (column) AGAINST ('その猫' IN BOOLEAN MODE)
MATCH (column) AGAINST ('"その猫"' IN BOOLEAN MODE)

Both statements show "その小さな猫" in the results.

The documentation says:

For boolean mode search, the search term is converted to a search phrase.

So I would expect to not need the quoation marks, but it does not work in either case.