diff --git a/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/core/arrow/ArrayConverter.java b/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/core/arrow/ArrayConverter.java
index 6f18d06d2..e62e68277 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/core/arrow/ArrayConverter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/core/arrow/ArrayConverter.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public Object toObject(int index) throws SFException {
 
   @Override
   public byte[] toBytes(int index) throws SFException {
-    return isNull(index) ? null : toString(index).getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+    return isNull(index) ? null : toString(index).getBytes();
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/core/arrow/MapConverter.java b/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/core/arrow/MapConverter.java
index 0c6ca072e..8b77e06b4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/core/arrow/MapConverter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/core/arrow/MapConverter.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public Object toObject(int index) throws SFException {
 
   @Override
   public byte[] toBytes(int index) throws SFException {
-    return isNull(index) ? null : toString(index).getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+    return isNull(index) ? null : toString(index).getBytes();
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/core/arrow/StructConverter.java b/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/core/arrow/StructConverter.java
index 2e5c2e38d..2e26f4e85 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/core/arrow/StructConverter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/core/arrow/StructConverter.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public Object toObject(int index) throws SFException {
 
   @Override
   public byte[] toBytes(int index) throws SFException {
-    return isNull(index) ? null : toString(index).getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+    return isNull(index) ? null : toString(index).getBytes();
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/core/arrow/VectorTypeConverter.java b/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/core/arrow/VectorTypeConverter.java
index af65e8ae6..8c25c311c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/core/arrow/VectorTypeConverter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/core/arrow/VectorTypeConverter.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public Object toObject(int index) throws SFException {
 
   @Override
   public byte[] toBytes(int index) throws SFException {
-    return isNull(index) ? null : toString(index).getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+    return isNull(index) ? null : toString(index).getBytes();
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/core/json/BytesConverter.java b/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/core/json/BytesConverter.java
index eb1f80a5a..1f1423dec 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/core/json/BytesConverter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/core/json/BytesConverter.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public byte[] getBytes(Object obj, int columnType, int columnSubType, Integer sc
           return converters
               .getStringConverter()
               .getString(obj, columnType, columnSubType, scale)
-              .getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+              .getBytes();
         case Types.BOOLEAN:
           return converters.getBooleanConverter().getBoolean(obj, columnType)
               ? new byte[] {1}
diff --git a/src/test/java/net/snowflake/client/jdbc/structuredtypes/StructuredTypesGetStringBaseIT.java b/src/test/java/net/snowflake/client/jdbc/structuredtypes/StructuredTypesGetStringBaseIT.java
index 392afd84b..ccd6fdb31 100644
--- a/src/test/java/net/snowflake/client/jdbc/structuredtypes/StructuredTypesGetStringBaseIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/net/snowflake/client/jdbc/structuredtypes/StructuredTypesGetStringBaseIT.java
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
-import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.sql.Connection;
 import java.sql.ResultSet;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ protected void assertGetObjectIsCompatible(ResultSet resultSet, String expected)
   protected void assertGetBytesIsCompatible(ResultSet resultSet, String expected)
       throws SQLException {
     TestUtil.assertEqualsIgnoringWhitespace(
-        expected, new String(resultSet.getBytes(1), StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+        expected, new String(resultSet.getBytes(1), Charset.defaultCharset()));
   }
 
   protected void withFirstRow(