diff --git a/.jules/bolt.md b/.jules/bolt.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6
diff --git a/packages/@expo/cli/src/utils/mergeGitIgnorePaths.ts b/packages/@expo/cli/src/utils/mergeGitIgnorePaths.ts
index dab487df678413..8fe635d49973c9 100644
--- a/packages/@expo/cli/src/utils/mergeGitIgnorePaths.ts
+++ b/packages/@expo/cli/src/utils/mergeGitIgnorePaths.ts
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ export function mergeGitIgnorePaths(
     return null;
   }
 
-  const targetGitIgnore = fs.readFileSync(targetGitIgnorePath).toString();
-  const sourceGitIgnore = fs.readFileSync(sourceGitIgnorePath).toString();
+  const targetGitIgnore = fs.readFileSync(targetGitIgnorePath, 'utf8');
+  const sourceGitIgnore = fs.readFileSync(sourceGitIgnorePath, 'utf8');
   const merged = mergeGitIgnoreContents(targetGitIgnore, sourceGitIgnore);
   // Only rewrite the file if it was modified.
   if (merged.contents) {
diff --git a/packages/@expo/config-plugins/src/android/Package.ts b/packages/@expo/config-plugins/src/android/Package.ts
index 96222ebf4ba553..052004d5ed719e 100644
--- a/packages/@expo/config-plugins/src/android/Package.ts
+++ b/packages/@expo/config-plugins/src/android/Package.ts
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ export async function renameJniOnDiskForType({
   filesToUpdate.forEach((filepath: string) => {
     try {
       if (fs.lstatSync(filepath).isFile() && ['.h', '.cpp'].includes(path.extname(filepath))) {
-        let contents = fs.readFileSync(filepath).toString();
+        let contents = fs.readFileSync(filepath, 'utf8');
         contents = contents.replace(
           new RegExp(transformJavaClassDescriptor(currentPackageName).replace(/\//g, '\\/'), 'g'),
           transformJavaClassDescriptor(packageName)
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ export async function renamePackageOnDiskForType({
   filesToUpdate.forEach((filepath: string) => {
     try {
       if (fs.lstatSync(filepath).isFile()) {
-        let contents = fs.readFileSync(filepath).toString();
+        let contents = fs.readFileSync(filepath, 'utf8');
         if (path.extname(filepath) === '.kt') {
           contents = replacePackageName(contents, currentPackageName, kotlinSanitizedPackageName);
         } else {