diff --git a/spec/acceptance/excerpts_spec.rb b/spec/acceptance/excerpts_spec.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/spec/acceptance/excerpts_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/acceptance/excerpts_spec.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# encoding: utf-8
+
 require 'acceptance/spec_helper'
 
 describe 'Accessing excerpts for methods on a search result', :live => true do
diff --git a/spec/acceptance/facets_spec.rb b/spec/acceptance/facets_spec.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/spec/acceptance/facets_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/acceptance/facets_spec.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# encoding: utf-8
+
 require 'acceptance/spec_helper'
 
 describe 'Faceted searching', :live => true do
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