diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dfc875954f..f1e144e36e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+## [0.85.1] - 2024-10-26
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Fixed encoding issue when saving files such as screenshots on Windows
+
 ## [0.85.0] - 2024-10-25
 
 ### Changed
@@ -2483,6 +2489,7 @@ https://textual.textualize.io/blog/2022/11/08/version-040/#version-040
 - New handler system for messages that doesn't require inheritance
 - Improved traceback handling
 
+[0.85.1]: https://github.com/Textualize/textual/compare/v0.85.0...v0.85.1
 [0.85.0]: https://github.com/Textualize/textual/compare/v0.84.0...v0.85.0
 [0.84.0]: https://github.com/Textualize/textual/compare/v0.83.0...v0.84.0
 [0.83.0]: https://github.com/Textualize/textual/compare/v0.82.0...v0.83.0
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c8109c3c60..bfedac914f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "textual"
-version = "0.85.0"
+version = "0.85.1"
 homepage = "https://github.com/Textualize/textual"
 repository = "https://github.com/Textualize/textual"
 documentation = "https://textual.textualize.io/"
diff --git a/src/textual/driver.py b/src/textual/driver.py
index 3a48f7d59d..43880153fc 100644
--- a/src/textual/driver.py
+++ b/src/textual/driver.py
@@ -240,7 +240,9 @@ def deliver_binary(
 
         def save_file_thread(binary: BinaryIO | TextIO, mode: str) -> None:
             try:
-                with open(save_path, mode) as destination_file:
+                with open(
+                    save_path, mode, encoding=encoding or "utf-8"
+                ) as destination_file:
                     read = binary.read
                     write = destination_file.write
                     chunk_size = 1024 * 64