Index: src/org/openstreetmap/josm/data/Version.java
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--- src/org/openstreetmap/josm/data/Version.java	(revision 4235)
+++ src/org/openstreetmap/josm/data/Version.java	(working copy)
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
         BufferedReader in;
         String s = null;
         try {
-            in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(resource.openStream()));
+            in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(resource.openStream(), "UTF-8"));
             StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
             for (String line = in.readLine(); line != null; line = in.readLine()) {
                 sb.append(line).append("\n");