diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 29e50ecd0b7..b00ed925c31 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ Note that this project **does not** adhere to [Semantic Versioning](https://semv
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- We fixed an issue where a bib file with UFF-8 charset was wrongly loaded with a different charset [forum#5369](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/jabref-5-15-opens-bib-files-with-shift-jis-encoding-instead-of-utf-8/5369/)
+
 ### Removed
 
 ## [6.0-alpha] – 2024-12-23
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/importer/Importer.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/importer/Importer.java
index d991b087d3b..7f465176eea 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/importer/Importer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/importer/Importer.java
@@ -121,7 +121,8 @@ protected static Charset getCharset(BufferedInputStream bufferedInputStream) {
                 return defaultCharSet;
             }
 
-            if (Arrays.stream(matches).anyMatch(charset -> "ASCII".equals(charset.getName()))) {
+            // if we have utf8 with 100 confidence we assume that the file is in utf8, more likely
+            if (Arrays.stream(matches).anyMatch(charset -> "ASCII".equals(charset.getName()) || ("UTF-8".equals(charset.getName()) && charset.getConfidence() == 100))) {
                 return defaultCharSet;
             }