diff --git a/scripts/publish_gh_release_notes.py b/scripts/publish_gh_release_notes.py
index 23f7b40ad..3ff946b58 100644
--- a/scripts/publish_gh_release_notes.py
+++ b/scripts/publish_gh_release_notes.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """
 Script used to publish GitHub release notes extracted from CHANGELOG.rst.