diff --git a/src/core/widgets/yasb/update_check.py b/src/core/widgets/yasb/update_check.py
index f690e86..74e0e64 100644
--- a/src/core/widgets/yasb/update_check.py
+++ b/src/core/widgets/yasb/update_check.py
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ def run(self):
                 result = subprocess.run(
                     ['winget', 'upgrade'],
                     capture_output=True,
+                    encoding='utf-8',
                     text=True,
                     check=True,
                     shell=True,