diff --git a/packages/addons/service/librespot/changelog.txt b/packages/addons/service/librespot/changelog.txt
index ccac305b82..b02e552493 100644
--- a/packages/addons/service/librespot/changelog.txt
+++ b/packages/addons/service/librespot/changelog.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+123
+- Handle non ascii track information
+
 122
 - Improve track information: fanart, podcast
 - Improve settings: autoplay, name, RTP port
diff --git a/packages/addons/service/librespot/package.mk b/packages/addons/service/librespot/package.mk
index b4b535d345..4c0ab5ce68 100644
--- a/packages/addons/service/librespot/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/service/librespot/package.mk
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ PKG_NAME="librespot"
 PKG_VERSION="66f8a98ad2f5bf35be4daecd788dad6f0d87fb7c"
 PKG_SHA256="b027c983341aa53d940412d5624cfe91392958ea9836ba597289680a4430b253"
 PKG_VERSION_DATE="2020-02-27"
-PKG_REV="122"
+PKG_REV="123"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="MIT"
 PKG_SITE="https://github.com/librespot-org/librespot/"
diff --git a/packages/addons/service/librespot/source/resources/lib/ls_spotify.py b/packages/addons/service/librespot/source/resources/lib/ls_spotify.py
index 8484658e9b..d3f1f06ebc 100644
--- a/packages/addons/service/librespot/source/resources/lib/ls_spotify.py
+++ b/packages/addons/service/librespot/source/resources/lib/ls_spotify.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def get(info, indices, default):
     try:
         for index in indices:
             info = info[index]
-        return info
+        return info.encode('utf-8')
     except LookupError:
         return default