2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/private/NSDictionary+GRPC.m b/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/private/NSDictionary+GRPC.m
index af1ce0bf23..730a1436e4 100644
--- a/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/private/NSDictionary+GRPC.m
+++ b/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/private/NSDictionary+GRPC.m
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 + (instancetype)grpc_stringFromMetadataValue:(grpc_metadata *)metadata {
   return [[self alloc] initWithBytes:GRPC_SLICE_START_PTR(metadata->value)
                               length:GRPC_SLICE_LENGTH(metadata->value)
-                            encoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding];
+                            encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
 }
 
 // Precondition: This object contains only ASCII characters.
diff --git a/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/private/NSError+GRPC.m b/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/private/NSError+GRPC.m
index 74cfa943cc..c2e65e4d8a 100644
--- a/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/private/NSError+GRPC.m
+++ b/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/private/NSError+GRPC.m
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ NSString *const kGRPCErrorDomain = @"io.grpc";
   if (statusCode == GRPC_STATUS_OK) {
     return nil;
   }
-  NSString *message = [NSString stringWithCString:details encoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding];
+  NSString *message = [NSString stringWithCString:details encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
   return [NSError errorWithDomain:kGRPCErrorDomain
                              code:statusCode
                          userInfo:@{NSLocalizedDescriptionKey : message}];