diff --git a/src/modules/client/transport/transport.py b/src/modules/client/transport/transport.py index 08890a5e5..9965a7d89 100644 --- a/src/modules/client/transport/transport.py +++ b/src/modules/client/transport/transport.py @@ -1776,7 +1776,7 @@ def _verify_manifest(self, fmri, mfstpath=None, content=None, pub=None): return False if mfstpath: - mf = open(mfstpath) + mf = open(mfstpath, "r", encoding="UTF-8") mcontent = mf.read() mf.close() elif content is not None: