diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/api/response/ApiResponseSerializer.java b/server/src/com/cloud/api/response/ApiResponseSerializer.java
index 83e4e6ef117..124bee1f2e3 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/api/response/ApiResponseSerializer.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/api/response/ApiResponseSerializer.java
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ public class ApiResponseSerializer {
 
     private static String toXMLSerializedString(ResponseObject result) {
         StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
-        sb.append("<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"ISO-8859-1\"?>");
+        sb.append("<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>");
         sb.append("<" + result.getResponseName() + " cloud-stack-version=\"" + ApiDBUtils.getVersion() + "\">");
 
         if (result instanceof ListResponse) {