diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c7f990167..b031dced1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ typings/
 # Reference: https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/articles/206544839
 
 # User-specific stuff:
+.vscode
 
 # Sensitive or high-churn files:
 
diff --git a/aws_lambda_builders/workflows/dotnet_clipackage/dotnetcli.py b/aws_lambda_builders/workflows/dotnet_clipackage/dotnetcli.py
index b1fe104f1..5986b3656 100644
--- a/aws_lambda_builders/workflows/dotnet_clipackage/dotnetcli.py
+++ b/aws_lambda_builders/workflows/dotnet_clipackage/dotnetcli.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 import sys
 import logging
+import locale
 
 from .utils import OSUtils
 
@@ -49,6 +50,10 @@ def run(self, args, cwd=None):
 
         LOG.debug("executing dotnet: %s", invoke_dotnet)
 
+        # DotNet output is in system locale dependent encoding
+        # https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.console.outputencoding?view=netcore-3.1#remarks
+        # "The default code page that the console uses is determined by the system locale."
+        encoding = locale.getpreferredencoding()
         p = self.os_utils.popen(invoke_dotnet, stdout=self.os_utils.pipe, stderr=self.os_utils.pipe, cwd=cwd)
 
         out, err = p.communicate()
@@ -56,7 +61,7 @@ def run(self, args, cwd=None):
         # The package command contains lots of useful information on how the package was created and
         # information when the package command was not successful. For that reason the output is
         # always written to the output to help developers diagnose issues.
-        LOG.info(out.decode("utf8").strip())
+        LOG.info(out.decode(encoding).strip())
 
         if p.returncode != 0:
-            raise DotnetCLIExecutionError(message=err.decode("utf8").strip())
+            raise DotnetCLIExecutionError(message=err.decode(encoding).strip())
diff --git a/tests/integration/workflows/custom_make/test_custom_make.py b/tests/integration/workflows/custom_make/test_custom_make.py
index 8b4e59fdd..6eec92c9f 100644
--- a/tests/integration/workflows/custom_make/test_custom_make.py
+++ b/tests/integration/workflows/custom_make/test_custom_make.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def test_must_build_python_project_through_makefile(self):
             "chardet",
             "urllib3",
             "idna",
-            "urllib3-1.25.9.dist-info",
+            "urllib3-1.25.10.dist-info",
             "chardet-3.0.4.dist-info",
             "certifi-2020.4.5.2.dist-info",
             "certifi",