diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven.yml b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
index 32d179893e..d9c6b85518 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ jobs:
         restore-keys: |
           ${{ runner.os }}-maven-
     - name: Build with Maven
-      run: ./mvnw clean install -B -U
\ No newline at end of file
+      run: ./mvnw clean install -B -U
diff --git a/specs/spring-cloud-contract-spec-java/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/spec/internal/RegexProperty.java b/specs/spring-cloud-contract-spec-java/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/spec/internal/RegexProperty.java
index 385d33e37f..69f3490e1a 100644
--- a/specs/spring-cloud-contract-spec-java/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/spec/internal/RegexProperty.java
+++ b/specs/spring-cloud-contract-spec-java/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/spec/internal/RegexProperty.java
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 
 package org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.internal;
 
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
@@ -32,6 +35,8 @@ public class RegexProperty extends DslProperty implements CanBeDynamic {
 
 	final Pattern pattern;
 
+	String charset = StandardCharsets.UTF_8.name();
+
 	private final Class clazz;
 
 	public RegexProperty(Object value) {
@@ -101,6 +106,18 @@ public class RegexProperty extends DslProperty implements CanBeDynamic {
 		return new RegexProperty(this.getClientValue(), this.getServerValue(), String.class);
 	}
 
+	public RegexProperty asString(Charset charset) {
+		RegexProperty regexProperty = asString();
+		regexProperty.charset = charset.name();
+		return regexProperty;
+	}
+
+	public RegexProperty asString(String charset) {
+		RegexProperty regexProperty = asString();
+		regexProperty.charset = charset;
+		return regexProperty;
+	}
+
 	public RegexProperty asBooleanType() {
 		return new RegexProperty(this.getClientValue(), this.getServerValue(), Boolean.class);
 	}
@@ -130,7 +147,7 @@ public class RegexProperty extends DslProperty implements CanBeDynamic {
 			else if (Boolean.class.equals(this.clazz)) {
 				return Boolean.parseBoolean(generatedValue);
 			}
-			return generatedValue;
+			return new String(generatedValue.getBytes(Charset.forName(this.charset)), this.charset);
 		}
 		catch (NumberFormatException ex) {
 			if (retries > 0) {
@@ -139,6 +156,9 @@ public class RegexProperty extends DslProperty implements CanBeDynamic {
 			}
 			throw ex;
 		}
+		catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
+			throw new IllegalStateException(e);
+		}
 	}
 
 	public Object generateAndEscapeJavaStringIfNeeded() {
diff --git a/specs/spring-cloud-contract-spec-java/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/spec/internal/RegexPropertyTests.java b/specs/spring-cloud-contract-spec-java/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/spec/internal/RegexPropertyTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..47cd5d7f43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/specs/spring-cloud-contract-spec-java/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/spec/internal/RegexPropertyTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013-2020 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.internal;
+
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
+import org.assertj.core.api.BDDAssertions;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+class RegexPropertyTests {
+
+	@Test
+	void should_generate_utf8_compliant_text_from_regex() {
+		RegexProperty regexProperty = new RegexProperty(Pattern.compile("......................"));
+
+		String object = (String) regexProperty.generate();
+
+		String utf8EncodedString = new String(object.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+		BDDAssertions.then(object).isEqualTo(utf8EncodedString);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void should_generate_custom_charset_compliant_text_from_regex() {
+		RegexProperty regexProperty = new RegexProperty(Pattern.compile("......................"));
+
+		String object = (String) regexProperty.asString(StandardCharsets.US_ASCII).generate();
+
+		String utf8EncodedString = new String(object.getBytes(StandardCharsets.US_ASCII), StandardCharsets.US_ASCII);
+		BDDAssertions.then(object).isEqualTo(utf8EncodedString);
+	}
+
+}