diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/bases/base-java/src/main/java/io/airbyte/integrations/util/MySqlSslConnectionUtils.java b/airbyte-integrations/bases/base-java/src/main/java/io/airbyte/integrations/util/MySqlSslConnectionUtils.java
index 030b6670dba9..306ffc4bc0ab 100644
--- a/airbyte-integrations/bases/base-java/src/main/java/io/airbyte/integrations/util/MySqlSslConnectionUtils.java
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/bases/base-java/src/main/java/io/airbyte/integrations/util/MySqlSslConnectionUtils.java
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public static String checkOrCreatePassword(final JsonNode encryption) {
 
   private static String readFile(final File file) {
     try {
-      BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file));
+      BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file, StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
       String currentLine = reader.readLine();
       reader.close();
       return currentLine;