diff --git a/cmd/kk/pkg/core/connector/ssh.go b/cmd/kk/pkg/core/connector/ssh.go
index 261ee7f0c..247723e77 100644
--- a/cmd/kk/pkg/core/connector/ssh.go
+++ b/cmd/kk/pkg/core/connector/ssh.go
@@ -258,6 +258,10 @@ func (c *connection) session() (*ssh.Session, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	if err := sess.Setenv("LANG", "en_US.UTF-8"); err != nil { // try make sure work with english language environments
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	return sess, nil
 }