1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/python/qmk/tests/test_cli_commands.py b/lib/python/qmk/tests/test_cli_commands.py
index 3efeddb85..82c42a20e 100644
--- a/lib/python/qmk/tests/test_cli_commands.py
+++ b/lib/python/qmk/tests/test_cli_commands.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def check_subcommand(command, *args):
 def check_subcommand_stdin(file_to_read, command, *args):
     """Pipe content of a file to a command and return output.
     """
-    with open(file_to_read) as my_file:
+    with open(file_to_read, encoding='utf-8') as my_file:
         cmd = ['bin/qmk', command, *args]
         result = run(cmd, stdin=my_file, stdout=PIPE, stderr=STDOUT, universal_newlines=True)
     return result