diff --git a/ElementX/Sources/Other/Extensions/Dictionary.swift b/ElementX/Sources/Other/Extensions/Dictionary.swift
index b26a585c50..4793c64636 100644
--- a/ElementX/Sources/Other/Extensions/Dictionary.swift
+++ b/ElementX/Sources/Other/Extensions/Dictionary.swift
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ extension Dictionary {
                                                      options: [.fragmentsAllowed, .sortedKeys]) else {
             return nil
         }
-        return String(decoding: data, as: UTF8.self)
+        return String(data: data, encoding: .utf8)
     }
     
     /// Returns a dictionary containing the original values keyed by the results of mapping the given closure over its keys.
diff --git a/ElementX/Sources/Services/BugReport/BugReportService.swift b/ElementX/Sources/Services/BugReport/BugReportService.swift
index 252b084581..09cae3a9b7 100644
--- a/ElementX/Sources/Services/BugReport/BugReportService.swift
+++ b/ElementX/Sources/Services/BugReport/BugReportService.swift
@@ -175,14 +175,14 @@ class BugReportService: NSObject, BugReportServiceProtocol {
             let (data, response) = try await session.dataWithRetry(for: request, delegate: self)
             
             guard let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse else {
-                let errorDescription = String(decoding: data, as: UTF8.self).trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
+                let errorDescription = String(data: data, encoding: .utf8)?.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines) ?? "Unknown"
                 MXLog.error("Failed to submit bug report: \(errorDescription)")
                 MXLog.error("Response: \(response)")
                 return .failure(.serverError(response, errorDescription))
             }
             
             guard httpResponse.statusCode == 200 else {
-                let errorDescription = String(decoding: data, as: UTF8.self).trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
+                let errorDescription = String(data: data, encoding: .utf8)?.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines) ?? "Unknown"
                 MXLog.error("Failed to submit bug report: \(errorDescription) (\(httpResponse.statusCode))")
                 MXLog.error("Response: \(httpResponse)")
                 return .failure(.httpError(httpResponse, errorDescription))
diff --git a/ElementX/Sources/Services/Timeline/TimelineItemProxy.swift b/ElementX/Sources/Services/Timeline/TimelineItemProxy.swift
index 1b3d06711c..371030fdf4 100644
--- a/ElementX/Sources/Services/Timeline/TimelineItemProxy.swift
+++ b/ElementX/Sources/Services/Timeline/TimelineItemProxy.swift
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ struct TimelineItemDebugInfo: Identifiable, CustomStringConvertible {
             return nil
         }
         
-        return String(decoding: jsonData, as: UTF8.self)
+        return String(data: jsonData, encoding: .utf8)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/ElementX/Sources/UITests/UITestsSignalling.swift b/ElementX/Sources/UITests/UITestsSignalling.swift
index 7775c8767a..ebe2e0dc7e 100644
--- a/ElementX/Sources/UITests/UITestsSignalling.swift
+++ b/ElementX/Sources/UITests/UITestsSignalling.swift
@@ -146,8 +146,11 @@ enum UITestsSignalling {
                 let encoder = JSONEncoder()
                 encoder.outputFormatting = .sortedKeys
                 
-                guard let data = try? encoder.encode(self) else { return "unknown" }
-                return String(decoding: data, as: UTF8.self)
+                guard let data = try? encoder.encode(self),
+                      let string = String(data: data, encoding: .utf8) else {
+                    return "unknown"
+                }
+                return string
             }
             
             init?(rawValue: String) {
@@ -172,7 +175,7 @@ enum UITestsSignalling {
         
         /// Processes string data from the file and publishes its signal.
         private func processFileData(_ data: Data) {
-            let rawMessage = String(decoding: data, as: UTF8.self)
+            guard let rawMessage = String(data: data, encoding: .utf8) else { return }
             
             guard let message = Message(rawValue: rawMessage),
                   message.mode != mode // Filter out messages sent by this client.