diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/Utils.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/Utils.cs
index 12f170937e0..0396f11c76a 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/Utils.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/Utils.cs
@@ -1458,7 +1458,7 @@ internal static Encoding GetEncoding(string path)
                 return Encoding.Unicode;
             }
 
-            return Encoding.ASCII;
+            return utf8NoBom;
         }
 
         // BigEndianUTF32 encoding is possible, but requires creation