diff --git a/src/resources/jupyter/jupyter.py b/src/resources/jupyter/jupyter.py
index a865e2082ba..b28cf387f64 100644
--- a/src/resources/jupyter/jupyter.py
+++ b/src/resources/jupyter/jupyter.py
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ def status(msg):
             del os.environ["QUARTO_JUPYTER_OPTIONS"]
         # otherwise read from stdin
         else:
+            sys.stdin.reconfigure(encoding='utf-8')
             input = json.load(sys.stdin)
             command = input["command"]
             options = input["options"]