diff --git a/package.py b/package.py
index 649aa093..f4369899 100644
--- a/package.py
+++ b/package.py
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ class PackageOperation:
     pkg = None
 
     def parse(self, filename):
-        with open(filename, "r") as f:
+        with open(filename, "r", encoding='UTF-8') as f:
             json_str = f.read()
 
         if json_str: