diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c0d2a3d1d..0094a7512 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Traces now correctly perform source mapping to display contract details
 - Event traces now correctly display indexed arguments and argument names
 - JSON reading of foundry JSONs was dependent on locale and did not work with many locales.
+- cli.hs now uses with-utf8 so no release binary will have locale issues anymore
 
 ## [0.52.0] - 2023-10-26
 
diff --git a/cli/cli.hs b/cli/cli.hs
index 48e076915..7dfa31c92 100644
--- a/cli/cli.hs
+++ b/cli/cli.hs
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import Paths_hevm qualified as Paths
 import System.Directory (withCurrentDirectory, getCurrentDirectory, doesDirectoryExist, makeAbsolute)
 import System.FilePath ((</>))
 import System.Exit (exitFailure, exitWith, ExitCode(..))
+import Main.Utf8 (withUtf8)
 
 import EVM (initialContract, abstractContract, makeVm)
 import EVM.ABI (Sig(..))
@@ -197,7 +198,7 @@ getFullVersion = showVersion Paths.version <> " [" <> gitVersion <> "]"
       Left _ -> "no git revision present"
 
 main :: IO ()
-main = do
+main = withUtf8 $ do
   cmd <- Options.unwrapRecord "hevm -- Ethereum evaluator"
   let env = Env { config = defaultConfig
     { dumpQueries = cmd.smtdebug
diff --git a/hevm.cabal b/hevm.cabal
index b07cf56e7..e4add419f 100644
--- a/hevm.cabal
+++ b/hevm.cabal
@@ -236,7 +236,8 @@ executable hevm
     optics-core,
     githash                       >= 0.1.6 && < 0.2,
     witch,
-    unliftio-core
+    unliftio-core,
+    with-utf8                     >= 1.0.0.0
   if os(windows)
     buildable: False