diff --git a/awx/playbooks/project_update.yml b/awx/playbooks/project_update.yml
index cc05066647..8194367f06 100644
--- a/awx/playbooks/project_update.yml
+++ b/awx/playbooks/project_update.yml
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@
           force: "{{scm_clean}}"
           username: "{{scm_username|default(omit)}}"
           password: "{{scm_password|default(omit)}}"
+        environment:
+          LC_ALL: 'en_US.UTF-8'
         register: svn_result
 
       - name: Set the svn repository version