diff --git a/src/Utils.ts b/src/Utils.ts
index b9111ed79f6..9a723750b18 100644
--- a/src/Utils.ts
+++ b/src/Utils.ts
@@ -705,4 +705,8 @@ export default class Utils {
       });
     });
   }
+
+  public static parseJsonWithBom(s: string): any {
+    return JSON.parse(s.replace(/^\uFEFF/, ''));
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/m365/spfx/commands/project/base-project-command.ts b/src/m365/spfx/commands/project/base-project-command.ts
index 6b66645af07..8910e4e91f4 100644
--- a/src/m365/spfx/commands/project/base-project-command.ts
+++ b/src/m365/spfx/commands/project/base-project-command.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import Command from "../../../../Command";
 import { TsFile, Manifest, Project, ScssFile } from "./model";
 import { Utils } from './project-upgrade/';
+import GlobalUtils from  '../../../../Utils';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ export abstract class BaseProjectCommand extends Command {
     const manifestFiles = srcFiles.filter(f => f.endsWith('.manifest.json'));
     const manifests: Manifest[] = manifestFiles.map((f) => {
       const manifestStr = Utils.removeSingleLineComments(fs.readFileSync(f, 'utf-8'));
-      const manifest: Manifest = JSON.parse(manifestStr);
+      const manifest: Manifest = GlobalUtils.parseJsonWithBom(manifestStr);
       manifest.path = f;
       return manifest;
     });