diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index de88b4e7..71b0d05c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
         "build-docker-nightly-local": "npm run build && docker build -f docker/dockerfile -t louislam/uptime-kuma:nightly2 --target nightly .",
         "build-docker-pr-test": "docker buildx build -f docker/dockerfile --platform linux/amd64,linux/arm64 -t louislam/uptime-kuma:pr-test2 --target pr-test2 . --push",
         "upload-artifacts": "docker buildx build -f docker/dockerfile --platform linux/amd64 -t louislam/uptime-kuma:upload-artifact --build-arg VERSION --build-arg GITHUB_TOKEN --target upload-artifact . --progress plain",
-        "setup": "git checkout 1.23.10 && npm ci --production && npm run download-dist",
+        "setup": "git checkout 1.23.11 && npm ci --production && npm run download-dist",
         "download-dist": "node extra/download-dist.js",
         "mark-as-nightly": "node extra/mark-as-nightly.js",
         "reset-password": "node extra/reset-password.js",
diff --git a/server/monitor-types/tailscale-ping.js b/server/monitor-types/tailscale-ping.js
index 1549ac4e..0a39544e 100644
--- a/server/monitor-types/tailscale-ping.js
+++ b/server/monitor-types/tailscale-ping.js
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ class TailscalePing extends MonitorType {
     async runTailscalePing(hostname, interval) {
         let timeout = interval * 1000 * 0.8;
         let res = await childProcessAsync.spawn("tailscale", [ "ping", "--c", "1", hostname ], {
-            timeout: timeout
+            timeout: timeout,
+            encoding: "utf8",
         });
         if (res.stderr && res.stderr.toString()) {
             throw new Error(`Error in output: ${res.stderr.toString()}`);
diff --git a/server/notification-providers/apprise.js b/server/notification-providers/apprise.js
index 81199358..5e4d23c3 100644
--- a/server/notification-providers/apprise.js
+++ b/server/notification-providers/apprise.js
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ class Apprise extends NotificationProvider {
             args.push("-t");
             args.push(notification.title);
         }
-        const s = await childProcessAsync.spawn("apprise", args);
+        const s = await childProcessAsync.spawn("apprise", args, {
+            encoding: "utf8",
+        });
 
         const output = (s.stdout) ? s.stdout.toString() : "ERROR: maybe apprise not found";