diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0b9457a..504fa57 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ For major (breaking) changes - **version 4, 3 and 2** - see end of page.
 
 | Version | Date       | Comment                                                                                             |
 | ------- | ---------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| 5.30.3  | 2026-01-11 | Updated docs, code cleanup.                                                                         |
+| 5.30.4  | 2026-01-15 | `powerShell()` fix UTF8 output (windows)                                                            |
+| 5.30.3  | 2026-01-11 | Updated docs, code cleanup                                                                          |
 | 5.30.2  | 2026-01-08 | `processes()` revert added user (windows)                                                           |
 | 5.30.1  | 2026-01-07 | `networkInterfaces()`, `users()` improved date parsing (linux)                                      |
 | 5.30.0  | 2026-01-06 | `processes()` added user (windows)                                                                  |
diff --git a/docs/history.html b/docs/history.html
index d58feee..ecce61b 100644
--- a/docs/history.html
+++ b/docs/history.html
@@ -57,6 +57,12 @@
                     </tr>
                   </thead>
                   <tbody>
+                    <tr>
+                      <th scope="row">5.30.4
+                      </th>
+                      <td>2026-01-15</td>
+                      <td><span class="code">powerShell()</span> fix UTF8 output (windows)</td>
+                    </tr>
                     <tr>
                       <th scope="row">5.30.3</th>
                       <td>2026-01-11</td>
diff --git a/docs/index.html b/docs/index.html
index d52f535..ba7d175 100644
--- a/docs/index.html
+++ b/docs/index.html
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
       <img class="logo" src="assets/logo.png" alt="logo">
       <div class="title">systeminformation</div>
       <div class="subtitle"><span id="typed"></span>&nbsp;</div>
-      <div class="version">New Version: <span id="version">5.30.3</span></div>
+      <div class="version">New Version: <span id="version">5.30.4</span></div>
       <button class="btn btn-light" onclick="location.href='https://github.com/sebhildebrandt/systeminformation'">View on Github <i class=" fab fa-github"></i></button>
     </div>
     <div class="down">
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
           <div class="title">Downloads last month</div>
         </div>
         <div class="col-xl-4 col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-12">
-          <div class="numbers">937</div>
+          <div class="numbers">940</div>
           <div class="title">Dependents</div>
         </div>
       </div>
diff --git a/lib/util.js b/lib/util.js
index 1d58ab6..fd058da 100644
--- a/lib/util.js
+++ b/lib/util.js
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ function powerShell(cmd) {
           const spanOptions =
             osVersion[0] < 10
               ? ['-NoProfile', '-NoLogo', '-InputFormat', 'Text', '-NoExit', '-ExecutionPolicy', 'Unrestricted', '-Command', '-']
-              : ['-NoProfile', '-NoLogo', '-InputFormat', 'Text', '-ExecutionPolicy', 'Unrestricted', '-Command', cmd];
+              : ['-NoProfile', '-NoLogo', '-InputFormat', 'Text', '-ExecutionPolicy', 'Unrestricted', '-Command', _psToUTF8 + cmd];
           const child = spawn(_powerShell, spanOptions, {
             stdio: 'pipe',
             windowsHide: true,