diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.touchpoint.eclipse/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/bundles/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.touchpoint.eclipse/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 5e59e12..7859cc4 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.touchpoint.eclipse/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.touchpoint.eclipse/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Bundle-Name: %pluginName
 Bundle-Vendor: %providerName
 Bundle-Localization: plugin
-Bundle-Version: 1.0.100.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 1.0.101.qualifier
 Import-Package: javax.xml.parsers,
  org.eclipse.core.runtime.preferences;version="3.2.0",
  org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.core.helpers,
diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.touchpoint.eclipse/src/org/eclipse/equinox/internal/p2/touchpoint/eclipse/Util.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.touchpoint.eclipse/src/org/eclipse/equinox/internal/p2/touchpoint/eclipse/Util.java
index cf13039..c1248c3 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.touchpoint.eclipse/src/org/eclipse/equinox/internal/p2/touchpoint/eclipse/Util.java
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.touchpoint.eclipse/src/org/eclipse/equinox/internal/p2/touchpoint/eclipse/Util.java
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
 
 		bundleInfo.setManifest(manifest);
 		try {
-			Map headers = ManifestElement.parseBundleManifest(new ByteArrayInputStream(manifest.getBytes()), new HashMap());
+			Map headers = ManifestElement.parseBundleManifest(new ByteArrayInputStream(manifest.getBytes("UTF-8")), new HashMap()); //$NON-NLS-1$
 			ManifestElement[] element = ManifestElement.parseHeader("bsn", (String) headers.get(Constants.BUNDLE_SYMBOLICNAME)); //$NON-NLS-1$
 			if (element == null || element.length == 0)
 				return null;