diff --git a/changelog/5478.bugfix.rst b/changelog/5478.bugfix.rst
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--- a/changelog/5478.bugfix.rst
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@@ -1 +1 @@
-Use safe_str to serialize Exceptions in pytest.raises
+Fix encode error when using unicode strings in exceptions with ``pytest.raises``.