diff --git a/api/src/main/java/org/xnio/Version.java b/api/src/main/java/org/xnio/Version.java
index af2468da8..d618b9a5b 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/org/xnio/Version.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/org/xnio/Version.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
 /**
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ public static void main(String[] args) {
         try {
             final InputStream stream = Version.class.getResourceAsStream("Version.properties");
             try {
-                final InputStreamReader reader = new InputStreamReader(stream);
+                final InputStreamReader reader = new InputStreamReader(stream, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
                 try {
                     versionProps.load(reader);
                     jarName = versionProps.getProperty("jarName", jarName);
diff --git a/nio-impl/src/main/java/org/xnio/nio/Version.java b/nio-impl/src/main/java/org/xnio/nio/Version.java
index c6289edb9..91f09f5ba 100644
--- a/nio-impl/src/main/java/org/xnio/nio/Version.java
+++ b/nio-impl/src/main/java/org/xnio/nio/Version.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
 /**
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ public static void main(String[] args) {
         try {
             final InputStream stream = Version.class.getResourceAsStream("Version.properties");
             try {
-                final InputStreamReader reader = new InputStreamReader(stream);
+                final InputStreamReader reader = new InputStreamReader(stream, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
                 try {
                     versionProps.load(reader);
                     jarName = versionProps.getProperty("jarName", jarName);