diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/RestClientResponseException.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/RestClientResponseException.java
index 36006cc48346..75eacab96831 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/RestClientResponseException.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/RestClientResponseException.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public class RestClientResponseException extends RestClientException {
 
 	private static final long serialVersionUID = -8803556342728481792L;
 
-	private static final Charset DEFAULT_CHARSET = StandardCharsets.ISO_8859_1;
+	private static final Charset DEFAULT_CHARSET = StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
 
 
 	private final int rawStatusCode;