diff --git a/blueocean-git-pipeline/pom.xml b/blueocean-git-pipeline/pom.xml
index 2fa6b48b55..e2599d45c5 100644
--- a/blueocean-git-pipeline/pom.xml
+++ b/blueocean-git-pipeline/pom.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,13 @@
       <artifactId>org.eclipse.jgit.ssh.jsch</artifactId>
       <!-- TODO this is hard to manage; if needed, should be in BOM -->
       <version>6.9.0.202403050737-r</version>
+      <exclusions>
+        <!-- Exclude the jgit library because it is provided by git client plugin -->
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.eclipse.jgit</groupId>
+          <artifactId>org.eclipse.jgit</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- test dependencies -->
diff --git a/blueocean-git-pipeline/src/main/java/io/jenkins/blueocean/blueocean_git_pipeline/GitUtils.java b/blueocean-git-pipeline/src/main/java/io/jenkins/blueocean/blueocean_git_pipeline/GitUtils.java
index f040c2c5d9..dbaacefb17 100644
--- a/blueocean-git-pipeline/src/main/java/io/jenkins/blueocean/blueocean_git_pipeline/GitUtils.java
+++ b/blueocean-git-pipeline/src/main/java/io/jenkins/blueocean/blueocean_git_pipeline/GitUtils.java
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ public static void commit(final Repository repo, final String refName, final Str
             final CommitBuilder commit = new CommitBuilder();
             commit.setAuthor(author);
             commit.setCommitter(author);
-            commit.setEncoding(Constants.CHARACTER_ENCODING);
+            commit.setEncoding(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
             commit.setMessage(message);
             //headId can be null if the repository has no commit yet
             if (headId != null) {