diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 5bd3e0c3a..05453bc09 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ subprojects {
     // DO NOT FORGET TO DOCUMENT CHANGES IN CHANGELOG.md
     //
     // Add a GitHub release for every new release: https://github.com/otto-de/edison-microservice/releases
-    version = '1.2.14-SNAPSHOT'
+    version = '1.2.14'
     group = 'de.otto.edison'
 
     repositories {
diff --git a/edison-validation/src/main/java/de/otto/edison/validation/web/ValidationExceptionHandler.java b/edison-validation/src/main/java/de/otto/edison/validation/web/ValidationExceptionHandler.java
index 0101fe42f..1770f8405 100644
--- a/edison-validation/src/main/java/de/otto/edison/validation/web/ValidationExceptionHandler.java
+++ b/edison-validation/src/main/java/de/otto/edison/validation/web/ValidationExceptionHandler.java
@@ -9,12 +9,14 @@
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ResponseStatus;
 
 import static org.springframework.http.HttpStatus.UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY;
+import static org.springframework.http.MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_UTF8;
 import static org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity.unprocessableEntity;
 
 @ControllerAdvice
 public class ValidationExceptionHandler {
 
-    private static final MediaType APPLICATION_HAL_JSON_ERROR = MediaType.parseMediaType("application/hal+json; profiles=\"http://spec.otto.de/profiles/error\"");
+    private static final MediaType APPLICATION_HAL_JSON_ERROR = MediaType.parseMediaType("application/hal+json; " +
+            "profiles=\"http://spec.otto.de/profiles/error\"; charset=utf-8");
     private final ErrorHalRepresentationFactory errorHalRepresentationFactory;
 
     @Autowired