diff --git a/dbus/versioninfo.rc.in b/dbus/versioninfo.rc.in
index 3a68a646..6c7301c8 100644
--- a/dbus/versioninfo.rc.in
+++ b/dbus/versioninfo.rc.in
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
  
 /* This file is processed by configure to create versioninfo.rc */
 
+/* The file content uses UTF-8 encoding */
+#pragma code_page(65001)
+
 #include <windows.h>
 
 VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
@@ -37,7 +40,7 @@ BEGIN
             VALUE "FileDescription", "dbus - FreeDesktop message bus system\0"
             VALUE "FileVersion", "@DBUS_VERSION@\0"
             VALUE "InternalName", "@DBUS_VER_INTERNAL_NAME@\0"
-            VALUE "LegalCopyright", "Copyright © 1994-2018 dbus contributors, see dbus source code for details\0"
+            VALUE "LegalCopyright", "Copyright © 1994-2020 dbus contributors, see dbus source code for details\0"
             VALUE "LegalTrademarks", "\0"
             VALUE "OriginalFilename", "@DBUS_VER_ORIGINAL_NAME@\0"
             VALUE "ProductName", "dbus\0"