diff --git a/data/locale/de_DE.po b/data/locale/de_DE.po
index f0910a6f..a8266d6a 100644
--- a/data/locale/de_DE.po
+++ b/data/locale/de_DE.po
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ msgstr ""
 "Language-Team: German\n"
 "Language: de_DE\n"
 "MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
-"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
 "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1);\n"
 
diff --git a/data/locale/fr_FR.po b/data/locale/fr_FR.po
index bf5d603c..111fd48c 100644
--- a/data/locale/fr_FR.po
+++ b/data/locale/fr_FR.po
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ msgstr ""
 "Language-Team: French\n"
 "Language: fr_FR\n"
 "MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
-"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
 "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1);\n"