diff --git a/R/utils-io.R b/R/utils-io.R
index fb305ded2..0f997f1b0 100644
--- a/R/utils-io.R
+++ b/R/utils-io.R
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ write_lines <- function(text, path) {
   con <- file(path, open = "w", encoding = "utf-8")
   on.exit(close(con))
 
-  base::writeLines(text, con)
+  base::writeLines(text, con, useBytes = TRUE)
 }