diff --git a/material/plugins/blog/plugin.py b/material/plugins/blog/plugin.py
index ef343100b..375b8cfe7 100644
--- a/material/plugins/blog/plugin.py
+++ b/material/plugins/blog/plugin.py
@@ -861,7 +861,7 @@ class BlogPlugin(BasePlugin[BlogConfig]):
     # Create a file with the given content on disk
     def _save_to_file(self, path: str, content: str):
         os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(path), exist_ok = True)
-        with open(path, "w") as f:
+        with open(path, "w", encoding = "utf-8") as f:
             f.write(content)
 
     # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/plugins/blog/plugin.py b/src/plugins/blog/plugin.py
index ef343100b..375b8cfe7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/blog/plugin.py
+++ b/src/plugins/blog/plugin.py
@@ -861,7 +861,7 @@ class BlogPlugin(BasePlugin[BlogConfig]):
     # Create a file with the given content on disk
     def _save_to_file(self, path: str, content: str):
         os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(path), exist_ok = True)
-        with open(path, "w") as f:
+        with open(path, "w", encoding = "utf-8") as f:
             f.write(content)
 
     # -------------------------------------------------------------------------