A column named `column`, even when properly escaped, causes exception

2017-10-17 13:20:51,306 ERROR  MySQL|db1|binlog  Error parsing DDL statement and updating tables: CREATE TABLE `abc` (
  `def` int(11) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `ghi` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
  `jkl` tinyint(4) unsigned NOT NULL,
  `mno` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
  `pqr` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
  `column` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
  PRIMARY KEY (`def`),
  KEY `stu` (`jkl`,`ghi`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8   [io.debezium.connector.mysql.MySqlSchema]
io.debezium.text.ParsingException: Expecting ')' at line 7, column 20 but found '255':
  `column` varchar( ===>> 255) NOT NULL DEFAUL
        at io.debezium.text.TokenStream.consume(TokenStream.java:706)
        at io.debezium.connector.mysql.MySqlDdlParser.parseCreateDefinitionList(MySqlDdlParser.java:559)
        at io.debezium.connector.mysql.MySqlDdlParser.parseCreateTable(MySqlDdlParser.java:376)
        at io.debezium.connector.mysql.MySqlDdlParser.parseCreate(MySqlDdlParser.java:279)
        at io.debezium.connector.mysql.MySqlDdlParser.parseNextStatement(MySqlDdlParser.java:150)
        at io.debezium.relational.ddl.DdlParser.parse(DdlParser.java:286)
        at io.debezium.relational.ddl.DdlParser.parse(DdlParser.java:267)
        at io.debezium.connector.mysql.MySqlSchema.applyDdl(MySqlSchema.java:351)
        at io.debezium.connector.mysql.BinlogReader.handleQueryEvent(BinlogReader.java:461)
        at io.debezium.connector.mysql.BinlogReader.handleEvent(BinlogReader.java:319)
        at com.github.shyiko.mysql.binlog.BinaryLogClient.notifyEventListeners(BinaryLogClient.java:902)
        at com.github.shyiko.mysql.binlog.BinaryLogClient.listenForEventPackets(BinaryLogClient.java:760)
        at com.github.shyiko.mysql.binlog.BinaryLogClient.connect(BinaryLogClient.java:472)
        at com.github.shyiko.mysql.binlog.BinaryLogClient$5.run(BinaryLogClient.java:657)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)