diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 5c079ed1..85a14e75 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
             echo $CLASSNAMES
             TEST_ARG=$(echo $CLASSNAMES | sed 's/ /,/g')
             echo $TEST_ARG
-            ./mvnw -s .settings.xml  -DfailIfNoTests=false -DtestsToRun=$TEST_ARG -e clean org.jacoco:jacoco-maven-plugin:prepare-agent test -U -P sonar -nsu --batch-mode -Dmaven.test.redirectTestOutputToFile=true -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.log.org.apache.maven.cli.transfer.Slf4jMavenTransferListener=warn
+            ./mvnw -s .settings.xml -DfailIfNoTests=false -DtestsToRun=$TEST_ARG -e clean org.jacoco:jacoco-maven-plugin:prepare-agent test -U -P sonar -nsu --batch-mode -Dmaven.test.redirectTestOutputToFile=true -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.log.org.apache.maven.cli.transfer.Slf4jMavenTransferListener=warn
             mkdir -p $HOME/artifacts/junit/
             find . -type f -regex ".*/spring-cloud-*.*/target/*.*" -exec cp {} $HOME/artifacts/ \;
             find . -type f -regex ".*/target/.*-reports/.*" -exec cp {} $HOME/artifacts/junit/ \;
diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/commons/config/PropertySourceUtils.java b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/commons/config/PropertySourceUtils.java
index 87353ac2..e019e599 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/commons/config/PropertySourceUtils.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/commons/config/PropertySourceUtils.java
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ package org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons.config;
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.UncheckedIOException;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.function.BinaryOperator;
@@ -96,7 +98,7 @@ public final class PropertySourceUtils {
 				}
 				return ABSTAIN;
 			});
-			yamlFactory.setResources(new ByteArrayResource(s.getBytes()));
+			yamlFactory.setResources(new ByteArrayResource(s.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)));
 			return yamlFactory.getObject();
 		};
 	}