From 238563af4d4e78e57e5bd5596dc463a5ac4ebe04 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Jason R. Coombs" <jaraco@jaraco.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2024 09:26:46 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add explicit encoding to read_text.

Closes #561
---
 src/towncrier/build.py                     | 4 +++-
 src/towncrier/newsfragments/561.bugfix.rst | 1 +
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 src/towncrier/newsfragments/561.bugfix.rst

diff --git a/src/towncrier/build.py b/src/towncrier/build.py
index 3a07bae1..f8e4175e 100644
--- a/src/towncrier/build.py
+++ b/src/towncrier/build.py
@@ -166,7 +166,9 @@ def __main(
     click.echo("Loading template...", err=to_err)
     if isinstance(config.template, tuple):
         template = (
-            resources.files(config.template[0]).joinpath(config.template[1]).read_text()
+            resources.files(config.template[0])
+            .joinpath(config.template[1])
+            .read_text(encoding="utf-8")
         )
     else:
         with open(config.template, encoding="utf-8") as tmpl:
diff --git a/src/towncrier/newsfragments/561.bugfix.rst b/src/towncrier/newsfragments/561.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a70ef55f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/towncrier/newsfragments/561.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add explicit encoding to read_text.
\ No newline at end of file