diff --git a/shared/libretime_shared/logging.py b/shared/libretime_shared/logging.py
index aa43a141d..50f77b5a5 100644
--- a/shared/libretime_shared/logging.py
+++ b/shared/libretime_shared/logging.py
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ def setup_logger(
                 "serialize": serialize,
                 "rotation": "12:00",
                 "retention": "7 days",
+                "encoding": "utf-8",
             }
         )
 
@@ -108,6 +109,7 @@ def create_task_logger(
                 "serialize": serialize,
                 "rotation": "12:00",
                 "retention": "7 days",
+                "encoding": "utf-8",
             }
         ],
     )
diff --git a/shared/setup.py b/shared/setup.py
index 55af5d6f7..bfa60ca6d 100644
--- a/shared/setup.py
+++ b/shared/setup.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ setup(
     package_data={"": ["py.typed"]},
     install_requires=[
         "click>=8.0.3",
-        # Pinned until https://github.com/Delgan/loguru/issues/581 is fixed
         "loguru==0.6.0",
         "pydantic",
         "pyyaml",
diff --git a/shared/tests/logging_test.py b/shared/tests/logging_test.py
index a80512275..960babd39 100644
--- a/shared/tests/logging_test.py
+++ b/shared/tests/logging_test.py
@@ -48,5 +48,5 @@ def test_setup_logger(tmp_path: Path):
     extra_logger.complete()
     logger.complete()
 
-    assert len(log_filepath.read_text().splitlines()) == 1
-    assert len(extra_log_filepath.read_text().splitlines()) == 1
+    assert len(log_filepath.read_text(encoding="utf-8").splitlines()) == 1
+    assert len(extra_log_filepath.read_text(encoding="utf-8").splitlines()) == 1