diff --git a/build.cake b/build.cake
index 56e829ef5c5f0b89fdb5f3ead3474e1e32ec942a..78df8ec4d3d55da7b7e3ea2121f219e5bb3cfe30 100644
--- a/build.cake
+++ b/build.cake
@@ -239,9 +239,10 @@ IEnumerable<string> redirectedStandardOutput;
 	var result = client.PostAsync($"https://git.rwth-aachen.de/api/v4/projects/{gitlabProjectId}/repository/tags?tag_name=v{semanticVersion}&ref=master", null).Result;
 	Information("Create tag: {0}", result.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result);
 
+	description = "abc\nabc";
 	// create release
 	var json = $"{{\"name\": \"v{semanticVersion}\", \"tag_name\": \"v{semanticVersion}\", \"description\": \"{description}\"}}";
-	var content = new StringContent(json, Encoding.ASCII, "application/json");
+	var content = new StringContent(json, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");
 	result = client.PostAsync($"https://git.rwth-aachen.de/api/v4/projects/{gitlabProjectId}/releases", content).Result;
 	Information("Create release: {0}", result.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result);
 });