diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a6460d4..b64e6b4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+## Unreleased
+
+- [**#71**](https://github.com/psake/PowerShellBuild/pull/71) Compiled modules
+  are now explicitly created as UTF-8 files.
+
+
 ## [0.6.2] 2024-10-06
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/PowerShellBuild/Public/Build-PSBuildModule.ps1 b/PowerShellBuild/Public/Build-PSBuildModule.ps1
index f2c82f6..e4d99e6 100644
--- a/PowerShellBuild/Public/Build-PSBuildModule.ps1
+++ b/PowerShellBuild/Public/Build-PSBuildModule.ps1
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ function Build-PSBuildModule {
         # Grab the contents of the copied over PSM1
         # This will be appended to the end of the finished PSM1
         $psm1Contents = Get-Content -Path $rootModule -Raw
-        '' | Out-File -FilePath $rootModule
+        '' | Out-File -FilePath $rootModule -Encoding utf8
 
         if ($CompileHeader) {
             $CompileHeader | Add-Content -Path $rootModule -Encoding utf8