diff --git a/scripts/versionbump.py b/scripts/versionbump.py
index 4d7509e99..8e9a4dacb 100755
--- a/scripts/versionbump.py
+++ b/scripts/versionbump.py
@@ -124,7 +124,14 @@ def main():
     for cmd in git_commands:
         print(f"Running: {' '.join(cmd)}")
         if not dry_run:
-            subprocess.run(cmd, check=True)
+            subprocess.run(
+                cmd,
+                text=True,
+                shell=True,
+                encoding="utf-8",
+                errors="replace",
+                check=True,
+            )
 
     new_dev_version = f"{incremented_version}.dev"
     updated_dev_content = re.sub(