diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 7c07ded..8a18d71 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import BinWrapper from '@xhmikosr/bin-wrapper';
 import { packageConfig } from 'pkg-conf';
 
 const pkg = new URL('../package.json', import.meta.url);
-const { hugoVersion } = JSON.parse(await fs.readFile(pkg));
+const { hugoVersion } = JSON.parse(await fs.readFile(pkg, 'utf8'));
 
 const destDir = path.join(fileURLToPath(new URL('../vendor/', import.meta.url)));
 const binName = process.platform === 'win32' ? 'hugo.exe' : 'hugo';