diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2069c946a..3fa457d60 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
 from pkg_resources import VersionConflict, require
 from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 
-with open("README.md") as f:
+with open("README.md", mode="r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
     long_description = f.read()
 
-with open("requirements.txt") as f:
+with open("requirements.txt", mode="r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
     requirements = f.read().splitlines()
 
 try:
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 ROOT_DIR = Path(__file__).parent.resolve()
 # Creating the version file
 
-with open("version.txt") as f:
+with open("version.txt", mode="r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
     version = f.read()
 
 version = version.strip()
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 version_path = ROOT_DIR / "pyannote" / "audio" / "version.py"
 
-with open(version_path, "w") as f:
+with open(version_path, mode="w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
     f.write("__version__ = '{}'\n".format(version))
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":