diff --git a/scripts/publish_update.py b/scripts/publish_update.py
index de38f60..4215f25 100644
--- a/scripts/publish_update.py
+++ b/scripts/publish_update.py
@@ -23,6 +23,15 @@ import os
 import subprocess
 import sys
 import uuid
+
+# Windows console domyślnie cp1252 → polskie znaki w finalnych printach rzucały
+# UnicodeEncodeError PO udanym publishu (exit 1 mylił "czy się udało"). Wymuś UTF-8.
+if hasattr(sys.stdout, "reconfigure"):
+    try:
+        sys.stdout.reconfigure(encoding="utf-8")
+        sys.stderr.reconfigure(encoding="utf-8")
+    except Exception:
+        pass
 from datetime import UTC, datetime
 from pathlib import Path