diff --git a/libs/labelbox/src/labelbox/schema/export_task.py b/libs/labelbox/src/labelbox/schema/export_task.py
index 2e206d433..0e36fe6ab 100644
--- a/libs/labelbox/src/labelbox/schema/export_task.py
+++ b/libs/labelbox/src/labelbox/schema/export_task.py
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ def read(self) -> Iterator[Tuple[_MetadataFileInfo, str]]:
         if not self._retrieval_strategy:
             raise ValueError("retrieval strategy not set")
         # create a buffer
-        with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(mode="w+", delete=False) as temp_file:
+        with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(mode="w+", delete=False, encoding="utf-8") as temp_file:
             result = self._retrieval_strategy.get_next_chunk()
             while result:
                 _, raw_data = result
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ def read(self) -> Iterator[Tuple[_MetadataFileInfo, str]]:
                 temp_file.write(raw_data)
                 result = self._retrieval_strategy.get_next_chunk()
         # read buffer
-        with open(temp_file.name, "r") as temp_file_reopened:
+        with open(temp_file.name, "r", encoding="utf-8") as temp_file_reopened:
             for idx, line in enumerate(temp_file_reopened):
                 yield (
                     _MetadataFileInfo(