diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-win32.yml b/.github/workflows/build-win32.yml
index 2ff58df..5301961 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-win32.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-win32.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
        $NOW = Get-Date -Format "yyMMddHHmmss"
        $RELEASE = Get-Content -Path "RELEASE" -Raw
-       echo "RELEASE=$RELEASE" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_ENV -Encoding
+       echo "RELEASE=$RELEASE" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_ENV -Encoding utf8 -Append
        echo "VERSION=/D VERSION=`"3proxy-$RELEASE`"" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_ENV -Encoding utf8 -Append
        echo "BUILDDATE=/D BUILDDATE=`"$NOW`"" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_ENV -Encoding utf8 -Append
     - name: install packages
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-win64.yml b/.github/workflows/build-win64.yml
index 5773e01..b6ff3ad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-win64.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-win64.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
        $NOW = Get-Date -Format "yyMMddHHmmss"
        $RELEASE = Get-Content -Path "RELEASE" -Raw
-       echo "RELEASE=$RELEASE" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_ENV -Encoding
+       echo "RELEASE=$RELEASE" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_ENV -Encoding utf8 -Append
        echo "VERSION=/D VERSION=`"3proxy-$RELEASE`"" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_ENV -Encoding utf8 -Append
        echo "BUILDDATE=/D BUILDDATE=`"$NOW`"" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_ENV -Encoding utf8 -Append
     - name: install packages
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-winarm64.yml b/.github/workflows/build-winarm64.yml
index a9d1d68..6624745 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-winarm64.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-winarm64.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
        $NOW = Get-Date -Format "yyMMddHHmmss"
        $RELEASE = Get-Content -Path "RELEASE" -Raw
-       echo "RELEASE=$RELEASE" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_ENV -Encoding
+       echo "RELEASE=$RELEASE" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_ENV -Encoding utf8 -Append
        echo "VERSION=/D VERSION=`"3proxy-$RELEASE`"" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_ENV -Encoding utf8 -Append
        echo "BUILDDATE=/D BUILDDATE=`"$NOW`"" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_ENV -Encoding utf8 -Append
     - name: install packages