diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 85f368db19b48..aee8988aa80fb 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ pipeline:
     image: joomlaprojects/docker-phpcs
     commands:
       - echo $(date)
-      - /root/.composer/vendor/bin/phpcs --report=full --extensions=php -p --standard=build/phpcs/Joomla .
+      - /root/.composer/vendor/bin/phpcs --report=full --encoding=utf-8 --extensions=php -p --standard=build/phpcs/Joomla .
       - echo $(date)
 
   javascript: