diff --git a/unittests/tools/test_checkmarx_cxflow_sast_parser.py b/unittests/tools/test_checkmarx_cxflow_sast_parser.py
index 19626997c57..7481002e3d2 100644
--- a/unittests/tools/test_checkmarx_cxflow_sast_parser.py
+++ b/unittests/tools/test_checkmarx_cxflow_sast_parser.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 class TestCheckmarxCxflowSast(DojoTestCase):
 
     def init(self, reportFilename):
-        my_file_handle = open(reportFilename)
+        my_file_handle = open(reportFilename, encoding="utf-8")
         product = Product()
         engagement = Engagement()
         test = Test()