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diff --git a/git/refs/symbolic.py b/git/refs/symbolic.py
index 0c0fa404..1c550673 100644
--- a/git/refs/symbolic.py
+++ b/git/refs/symbolic.py
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ class SymbolicReference(object):
fd = lfd.open(write=True, stream=True)
ok = True
try:
- fd.write(write_value.encode('ascii') + b'\n')
+ fd.write(write_value.encode('utf-8') + b'\n')
lfd.commit()
ok = True
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