diff --git a/_template/setup.py b/_template/setup.py
index 423aa90a3e..e158a21c88 100644
--- a/_template/setup.py
+++ b/_template/setup.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     "version.py",
 )
 PACKAGE_INFO = {}
-with open(VERSION_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(VERSION_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 setuptools.setup(
diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-datadog/setup.py b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-datadog/setup.py
index 0c3bdf453f..ba83e9c029 100644
--- a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-datadog/setup.py
+++ b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-datadog/setup.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     BASE_DIR, "src", "opentelemetry", "exporter", "datadog", "version.py"
 )
 PACKAGE_INFO = {}
-with open(VERSION_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(VERSION_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 setuptools.setup(version=PACKAGE_INFO["__version__"])
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiohttp-client/setup.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiohttp-client/setup.py
index f8f9608d7c..048e145d6c 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiohttp-client/setup.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiohttp-client/setup.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     "aiohttp_client",
     "version.py",
 )
-with open(VERSION_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(VERSION_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 PACKAGE_FILENAME = os.path.join(
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     "aiohttp_client",
     "package.py",
 )
-with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 # Mark any instruments/runtime dependencies as test dependencies as well.
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiopg/setup.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiopg/setup.py
index d9167a767a..555f005832 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiopg/setup.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiopg/setup.py
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@
 VERSION_FILENAME = os.path.join(
     BASE_DIR, "src", "opentelemetry", "instrumentation", "aiopg", "version.py"
 )
-with open(VERSION_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(VERSION_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 PACKAGE_FILENAME = os.path.join(
     BASE_DIR, "src", "opentelemetry", "instrumentation", "aiopg", "package.py"
 )
-with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 # Mark any instruments/runtime dependencies as test dependencies as well.
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi/setup.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi/setup.py
index 41f0be0460..ce79c106ff 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi/setup.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi/setup.py
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@
 VERSION_FILENAME = os.path.join(
     BASE_DIR, "src", "opentelemetry", "instrumentation", "asgi", "version.py"
 )
-with open(VERSION_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(VERSION_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 PACKAGE_FILENAME = os.path.join(
     BASE_DIR, "src", "opentelemetry", "instrumentation", "asgi", "package.py"
 )
-with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 # Mark any instruments/runtime dependencies as test dependencies as well.
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg/setup.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg/setup.py
index 4efaf6c1db..5e7120c8a7 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg/setup.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg/setup.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     "asyncpg",
     "version.py",
 )
-with open(VERSION_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(VERSION_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 PACKAGE_FILENAME = os.path.join(
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     "asyncpg",
     "package.py",
 )
-with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 # Mark any instruments/runtime dependencies as test dependencies as well.
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-boto/setup.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-boto/setup.py
index fadd304a5a..05cab9ce70 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-boto/setup.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-boto/setup.py
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@
 VERSION_FILENAME = os.path.join(
     BASE_DIR, "src", "opentelemetry", "instrumentation", "boto", "version.py"
 )
-with open(VERSION_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(VERSION_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 PACKAGE_FILENAME = os.path.join(
     BASE_DIR, "src", "opentelemetry", "instrumentation", "boto", "package.py"
 )
-with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 # Mark any instruments/runtime dependencies as test dependencies as well.
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore/setup.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore/setup.py
index 77097caf4f..d99c702829 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore/setup.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore/setup.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     "botocore",
     "version.py",
 )
-with open(VERSION_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(VERSION_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 PACKAGE_FILENAME = os.path.join(
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     "botocore",
     "package.py",
 )
-with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 # Mark any instruments/runtime dependencies as test dependencies as well.
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-celery/setup.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-celery/setup.py
index d1b39a290f..2c8b3507ac 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-celery/setup.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-celery/setup.py
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@
 VERSION_FILENAME = os.path.join(
     BASE_DIR, "src", "opentelemetry", "instrumentation", "celery", "version.py"
 )
-with open(VERSION_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(VERSION_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 PACKAGE_FILENAME = os.path.join(
     BASE_DIR, "src", "opentelemetry", "instrumentation", "celery", "package.py"
 )
-with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 # Mark any instruments/runtime dependencies as test dependencies as well.
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-celery/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/celery/utils.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-celery/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/celery/utils.py
index bdd9a5944c..54cadedb90 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-celery/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/celery/utils.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-celery/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/celery/utils.py
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ def attach_span(task, task_id, span, is_publish=False):
     """
     span_dict = getattr(task, CTX_KEY, None)
     if span_dict is None:
-        span_dict = dict()
+        span_dict = {}
         setattr(task, CTX_KEY, span_dict)
 
     span_dict[(task_id, is_publish)] = span
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-celery/tests/test_utils.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-celery/tests/test_utils.py
index b04521eb08..7e33be6b96 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-celery/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-celery/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -199,35 +199,35 @@ def test_task_id_from_protocol_v2(self):
                 ["user"],
                 {"force_logout": True},
                 {
-                    u"chord": None,
-                    u"callbacks": None,
-                    u"errbacks": None,
-                    u"chain": None,
+                    "chord": None,
+                    "callbacks": None,
+                    "errbacks": None,
+                    "chain": None,
                 },
             ),
-            "sender": u"tests.contrib.celery.test_integration.fn_task_parameters",
-            "exchange": u"",
-            "routing_key": u"celery",
+            "sender": "tests.contrib.celery.test_integration.fn_task_parameters",
+            "exchange": "",
+            "routing_key": "celery",
             "retry_policy": None,
             "headers": {
-                u"origin": u"gen83744@hostname",
-                u"root_id": "7e917b83-4018-431d-9832-73a28e1fb6c0",
-                u"expires": None,
-                u"shadow": None,
-                u"id": "7e917b83-4018-431d-9832-73a28e1fb6c0",
-                u"kwargsrepr": u"{'force_logout': True}",
-                u"lang": u"py",
-                u"retries": 0,
-                u"task": u"tests.contrib.celery.test_integration.fn_task_parameters",
-                u"group": None,
-                u"timelimit": [None, None],
-                u"parent_id": None,
-                u"argsrepr": u"['user']",
-                u"eta": None,
+                "origin": "gen83744@hostname",
+                "root_id": "7e917b83-4018-431d-9832-73a28e1fb6c0",
+                "expires": None,
+                "shadow": None,
+                "id": "7e917b83-4018-431d-9832-73a28e1fb6c0",
+                "kwargsrepr": "{'force_logout': True}",
+                "lang": "py",
+                "retries": 0,
+                "task": "tests.contrib.celery.test_integration.fn_task_parameters",
+                "group": None,
+                "timelimit": [None, None],
+                "parent_id": None,
+                "argsrepr": "['user']",
+                "eta": None,
             },
             "properties": {
-                u"reply_to": "c3054a07-5b28-3855-b18c-1623a24aaeca",
-                u"correlation_id": "7e917b83-4018-431d-9832-73a28e1fb6c0",
+                "reply_to": "c3054a07-5b28-3855-b18c-1623a24aaeca",
+                "correlation_id": "7e917b83-4018-431d-9832-73a28e1fb6c0",
             },
         }
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-dbapi/setup.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-dbapi/setup.py
index 0661f029ee..ff0f57a950 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-dbapi/setup.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-dbapi/setup.py
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@
 VERSION_FILENAME = os.path.join(
     BASE_DIR, "src", "opentelemetry", "instrumentation", "dbapi", "version.py"
 )
-with open(VERSION_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(VERSION_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 PACKAGE_FILENAME = os.path.join(
     BASE_DIR, "src", "opentelemetry", "instrumentation", "dbapi", "package.py"
 )
-with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 # Mark any instruments/runtime dependencies as test dependencies as well.
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/setup.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/setup.py
index 6c29567154..48e934c354 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/setup.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/setup.py
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@
 VERSION_FILENAME = os.path.join(
     BASE_DIR, "src", "opentelemetry", "instrumentation", "django", "version.py"
 )
-with open(VERSION_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(VERSION_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 PACKAGE_FILENAME = os.path.join(
     BASE_DIR, "src", "opentelemetry", "instrumentation", "django", "package.py"
 )
-with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 # Mark any instruments/runtime dependencies as test dependencies as well.
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-elasticsearch/setup.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-elasticsearch/setup.py
index dad9fe91df..3a99f38e74 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-elasticsearch/setup.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-elasticsearch/setup.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     "elasticsearch",
     "version.py",
 )
-with open(VERSION_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(VERSION_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 PACKAGE_FILENAME = os.path.join(
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     "elasticsearch",
     "package.py",
 )
-with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 # Mark any instruments/runtime dependencies as test dependencies as well.
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-falcon/setup.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-falcon/setup.py
index 71743e58eb..1079daacc6 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-falcon/setup.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-falcon/setup.py
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@
 VERSION_FILENAME = os.path.join(
     BASE_DIR, "src", "opentelemetry", "instrumentation", "falcon", "version.py"
 )
-with open(VERSION_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(VERSION_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 PACKAGE_FILENAME = os.path.join(
     BASE_DIR, "src", "opentelemetry", "instrumentation", "falcon", "package.py"
 )
-with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 # Mark any instruments/runtime dependencies as test dependencies as well.
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi/setup.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi/setup.py
index fb00c74451..48a804bb27 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi/setup.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi/setup.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     "fastapi",
     "version.py",
 )
-with open(VERSION_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(VERSION_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 PACKAGE_FILENAME = os.path.join(
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     "fastapi",
     "package.py",
 )
-with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 # Mark any instruments/runtime dependencies as test dependencies as well.
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-flask/setup.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-flask/setup.py
index bc88e30167..a484fca705 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-flask/setup.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-flask/setup.py
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@
 VERSION_FILENAME = os.path.join(
     BASE_DIR, "src", "opentelemetry", "instrumentation", "flask", "version.py"
 )
-with open(VERSION_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(VERSION_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 PACKAGE_FILENAME = os.path.join(
     BASE_DIR, "src", "opentelemetry", "instrumentation", "flask", "package.py"
 )
-with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 # Mark any instruments/runtime dependencies as test dependencies as well.
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/setup.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/setup.py
index 9af0788ed3..a6fb80cbdf 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/setup.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/setup.py
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@
 VERSION_FILENAME = os.path.join(
     BASE_DIR, "src", "opentelemetry", "instrumentation", "grpc", "version.py"
 )
-with open(VERSION_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(VERSION_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 PACKAGE_FILENAME = os.path.join(
     BASE_DIR, "src", "opentelemetry", "instrumentation", "grpc", "package.py"
 )
-with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 # Mark any instruments/runtime dependencies as test dependencies as well.
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-httpx/setup.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-httpx/setup.py
index 26a48970fa..8287bf52e9 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-httpx/setup.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-httpx/setup.py
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@
 VERSION_FILENAME = os.path.join(
     BASE_DIR, "src", "opentelemetry", "instrumentation", "httpx", "version.py"
 )
-with open(VERSION_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(VERSION_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 PACKAGE_FILENAME = os.path.join(
     BASE_DIR, "src", "opentelemetry", "instrumentation", "httpx", "package.py"
 )
-with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 # Mark any instruments/runtime dependencies as test dependencies as well.
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-jinja2/setup.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-jinja2/setup.py
index 1fe98ad245..0359c1f5bf 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-jinja2/setup.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-jinja2/setup.py
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@
 VERSION_FILENAME = os.path.join(
     BASE_DIR, "src", "opentelemetry", "instrumentation", "jinja2", "version.py"
 )
-with open(VERSION_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(VERSION_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 PACKAGE_FILENAME = os.path.join(
     BASE_DIR, "src", "opentelemetry", "instrumentation", "jinja2", "package.py"
 )
-with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 # Mark any instruments/runtime dependencies as test dependencies as well.
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-logging/setup.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-logging/setup.py
index 8cf426ca96..8b419ca346 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-logging/setup.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-logging/setup.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     "logging",
     "version.py",
 )
-with open(VERSION_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(VERSION_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 PACKAGE_FILENAME = os.path.join(
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     "logging",
     "package.py",
 )
-with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 # Mark any instruments/runtime dependencies as test dependencies as well.
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql/setup.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql/setup.py
index fa343d5a3a..af6fd555ea 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql/setup.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql/setup.py
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@
 VERSION_FILENAME = os.path.join(
     BASE_DIR, "src", "opentelemetry", "instrumentation", "mysql", "version.py"
 )
-with open(VERSION_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(VERSION_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 PACKAGE_FILENAME = os.path.join(
     BASE_DIR, "src", "opentelemetry", "instrumentation", "mysql", "package.py"
 )
-with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 # Mark any instruments/runtime dependencies as test dependencies as well.
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-psycopg2/setup.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-psycopg2/setup.py
index f68d32dfbe..9bd056fc02 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-psycopg2/setup.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-psycopg2/setup.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     "psycopg2",
     "version.py",
 )
-with open(VERSION_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(VERSION_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 PACKAGE_FILENAME = os.path.join(
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     "psycopg2",
     "package.py",
 )
-with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 # Mark any instruments/runtime dependencies as test dependencies as well.
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pymemcache/setup.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pymemcache/setup.py
index 13f4499eb5..274046dc8c 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pymemcache/setup.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pymemcache/setup.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     "pymemcache",
     "version.py",
 )
-with open(VERSION_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(VERSION_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 PACKAGE_FILENAME = os.path.join(
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     "pymemcache",
     "package.py",
 )
-with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 # Mark any instruments/runtime dependencies as test dependencies as well.
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pymongo/setup.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pymongo/setup.py
index e545457b00..9b2f5b2893 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pymongo/setup.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pymongo/setup.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     "pymongo",
     "version.py",
 )
-with open(VERSION_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(VERSION_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 PACKAGE_FILENAME = os.path.join(
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     "pymongo",
     "package.py",
 )
-with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 # Mark any instruments/runtime dependencies as test dependencies as well.
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pymysql/setup.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pymysql/setup.py
index db998c97fd..6c7c8a43b4 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pymysql/setup.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pymysql/setup.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     "pymysql",
     "version.py",
 )
-with open(VERSION_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(VERSION_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 PACKAGE_FILENAME = os.path.join(
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     "pymysql",
     "package.py",
 )
-with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 # Mark any instruments/runtime dependencies as test dependencies as well.
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pyramid/setup.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pyramid/setup.py
index 38afc9697d..b815ddb4bc 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pyramid/setup.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pyramid/setup.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     "pyramid",
     "version.py",
 )
-with open(VERSION_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(VERSION_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 PACKAGE_FILENAME = os.path.join(
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     "pyramid",
     "package.py",
 )
-with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 # Mark any instruments/runtime dependencies as test dependencies as well.
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis/setup.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis/setup.py
index fe9fc10d06..b494d81330 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis/setup.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis/setup.py
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@
 VERSION_FILENAME = os.path.join(
     BASE_DIR, "src", "opentelemetry", "instrumentation", "redis", "version.py"
 )
-with open(VERSION_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(VERSION_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 PACKAGE_FILENAME = os.path.join(
     BASE_DIR, "src", "opentelemetry", "instrumentation", "redis", "package.py"
 )
-with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 # Mark any instruments/runtime dependencies as test dependencies as well.
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests/setup.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests/setup.py
index 3c21a3328f..ecdcadfc96 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests/setup.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests/setup.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     "requests",
     "version.py",
 )
-with open(VERSION_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(VERSION_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 PACKAGE_FILENAME = os.path.join(
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     "requests",
     "package.py",
 )
-with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 # Mark any instruments/runtime dependencies as test dependencies as well.
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sklearn/setup.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sklearn/setup.py
index ec550e2f65..ec7e2b9578 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sklearn/setup.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sklearn/setup.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     "sklearn",
     "version.py",
 )
-with open(VERSION_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(VERSION_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 PACKAGE_FILENAME = os.path.join(
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     "sklearn",
     "package.py",
 )
-with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 # Mark any instruments/runtime dependencies as test dependencies as well.
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sklearn/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/sklearn/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sklearn/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/sklearn/__init__.py
index 7b7effe024..3fe00b57b0 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sklearn/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/sklearn/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sklearn/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/sklearn/__init__.py
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ def get_base_estimators(packages: List[str]) -> Dict[str, Type[BaseEstimator]]:
         A dictionary of qualnames and classes inheriting from
         ``BaseEstimator``.
     """
-    klasses = dict()
+    klasses = {}
     for package_name in packages:
         lib = import_module(package_name)
         package_dir = os.path.dirname(lib.__file__)
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemy/setup.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemy/setup.py
index 1d8e4d3961..81f2ee899d 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemy/setup.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemy/setup.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     "sqlalchemy",
     "version.py",
 )
-with open(VERSION_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(VERSION_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 PACKAGE_FILENAME = os.path.join(
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     "sqlalchemy",
     "package.py",
 )
-with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 # Mark any instruments/runtime dependencies as test dependencies as well.
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlite3/setup.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlite3/setup.py
index ccbb6ba31a..15ab6abe39 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlite3/setup.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlite3/setup.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     "sqlite3",
     "version.py",
 )
-with open(VERSION_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(VERSION_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 PACKAGE_FILENAME = os.path.join(
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     "sqlite3",
     "package.py",
 )
-with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 # Mark any instruments/runtime dependencies as test dependencies as well.
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-starlette/setup.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-starlette/setup.py
index 8bc87ae6e5..f363ce2047 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-starlette/setup.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-starlette/setup.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     "starlette",
     "version.py",
 )
-with open(VERSION_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(VERSION_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 PACKAGE_FILENAME = os.path.join(
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     "starlette",
     "package.py",
 )
-with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 # Mark any instruments/runtime dependencies as test dependencies as well.
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-tornado/setup.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-tornado/setup.py
index d6d7415ede..124943f35b 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-tornado/setup.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-tornado/setup.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     "tornado",
     "version.py",
 )
-with open(VERSION_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(VERSION_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 PACKAGE_FILENAME = os.path.join(
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     "tornado",
     "package.py",
 )
-with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 # Mark any instruments/runtime dependencies as test dependencies as well.
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib/setup.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib/setup.py
index eacc21733f..cb47ef170b 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib/setup.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib/setup.py
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@
 VERSION_FILENAME = os.path.join(
     BASE_DIR, "src", "opentelemetry", "instrumentation", "urllib", "version.py"
 )
-with open(VERSION_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(VERSION_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 PACKAGE_FILENAME = os.path.join(
     BASE_DIR, "src", "opentelemetry", "instrumentation", "urllib", "package.py"
 )
-with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 # Mark any instruments/runtime dependencies as test dependencies as well.
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib3/setup.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib3/setup.py
index f301d4fad0..8b3f3f74de 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib3/setup.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib3/setup.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     "urllib3",
     "version.py",
 )
-with open(VERSION_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(VERSION_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 PACKAGE_FILENAME = os.path.join(
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     "urllib3",
     "package.py",
 )
-with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 # Mark any instruments/runtime dependencies as test dependencies as well.
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-wsgi/setup.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-wsgi/setup.py
index 73e9f65430..d0b5f351fa 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-wsgi/setup.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-wsgi/setup.py
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@
 VERSION_FILENAME = os.path.join(
     BASE_DIR, "src", "opentelemetry", "instrumentation", "wsgi", "version.py"
 )
-with open(VERSION_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(VERSION_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 PACKAGE_FILENAME = os.path.join(
     BASE_DIR, "src", "opentelemetry", "instrumentation", "wsgi", "package.py"
 )
-with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 # Mark any instruments/runtime dependencies as test dependencies as well.
diff --git a/propagator/opentelemetry-propagator-ot-trace/setup.py b/propagator/opentelemetry-propagator-ot-trace/setup.py
index a408e061c4..586496362e 100644
--- a/propagator/opentelemetry-propagator-ot-trace/setup.py
+++ b/propagator/opentelemetry-propagator-ot-trace/setup.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     BASE_DIR, "src", "opentelemetry", "propagators", "ot_trace", "version.py"
 )
 PACKAGE_INFO = {}
-with open(VERSION_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(VERSION_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 setuptools.setup(version=PACKAGE_INFO["__version__"])
diff --git a/scripts/check_for_valid_readme.py b/scripts/check_for_valid_readme.py
index d555b4fa2f..ea37c99205 100644
--- a/scripts/check_for_valid_readme.py
+++ b/scripts/check_for_valid_readme.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 def is_valid_rst(path):
     """Checks if RST can be rendered on PyPI."""
-    with open(path) as readme_file:
+    with open(path, encoding="utf-8") as readme_file:
         markup = readme_file.read()
     return readme_renderer.rst.render(markup, stream=sys.stderr) is not None
 
diff --git a/scripts/eachdist.py b/scripts/eachdist.py
index eed31eb62d..22300e1b75 100755
--- a/scripts/eachdist.py
+++ b/scripts/eachdist.py
@@ -546,13 +546,13 @@ def lint_args(args):
 def update_changelog(path, version, new_entry):
     unreleased_changes = False
     try:
-        with open(path) as changelog:
+        with open(path, encoding="utf-8") as changelog:
             text = changelog.read()
             if "## [{}]".format(version) in text:
                 raise AttributeError(
                     "{} already contans version {}".format(path, version)
                 )
-        with open(path) as changelog:
+        with open(path, encoding="utf-8") as changelog:
             for line in changelog:
                 if line.startswith("## [Unreleased]"):
                     unreleased_changes = False
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ def update_changelog(path, version, new_entry):
     if unreleased_changes:
         print("updating: {}".format(path))
         text = re.sub(r"## \[Unreleased\].*", new_entry, text)
-        with open(path, "w") as changelog:
+        with open(path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as changelog:
             changelog.write(text)
 
 
@@ -651,14 +651,14 @@ def update_files(targets, filename, search, replace):
             print("file missing: {}/{}".format(target, filename))
             continue
 
-        with open(curr_file) as _file:
+        with open(curr_file, encoding="utf-8") as _file:
             text = _file.read()
 
         if replace in text:
             print("{} already contains {}".format(curr_file, replace))
             continue
 
-        with open(curr_file, "w") as _file:
+        with open(curr_file, "w", encoding="utf-8") as _file:
             _file.write(re.sub(search, replace, text))
 
     if errors:
diff --git a/scripts/generate_instrumentation_bootstrap.py b/scripts/generate_instrumentation_bootstrap.py
index 31dc0331b9..a1c2d69adc 100755
--- a/scripts/generate_instrumentation_bootstrap.py
+++ b/scripts/generate_instrumentation_bootstrap.py
@@ -85,12 +85,12 @@ def main():
     source = astor.to_source(tree)
 
     with open(
-        os.path.join(scripts_path, "license_header.txt"), "r"
+        os.path.join(scripts_path, "license_header.txt"), "r", encoding="utf-8"
     ) as header_file:
         header = header_file.read()
         source = _template.format(header=header, source=source)
 
-    with open(gen_path, "w") as gen_file:
+    with open(gen_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as gen_file:
         gen_file.write(source)
 
     subprocess.run(
diff --git a/scripts/generate_setup.py b/scripts/generate_setup.py
index 8d281bef37..af134f7a20 100755
--- a/scripts/generate_setup.py
+++ b/scripts/generate_setup.py
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@
 def main():
     root_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
     with open(
-        os.path.join(root_path, _template_dir, _template_name), "r"
+        os.path.join(root_path, _template_dir, _template_name),
+        "r",
+        encoding="utf-8",
     ) as template:
         setuppy_tmpl = Template(template.read())
     base_instrumentation_path = os.path.join(root_path, "instrumentation")
@@ -69,7 +71,7 @@ def main():
 
         generated_file = os.path.join(instrumentation_path, "setup.py")
         logger.info("generated %s", generated_file)
-        with open(generated_file, "w") as fh:
+        with open(generated_file, "w", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
             fh.write(generated)
             fh.flush()
 
diff --git a/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/setup.py b/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/setup.py
index a5b0803743..edcbc99518 100644
--- a/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/setup.py
+++ b/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/setup.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     BASE_DIR, "src", "opentelemetry", "sdk", "extension", "aws", "version.py"
 )
 PACKAGE_INFO = {}
-with open(VERSION_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(VERSION_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 setuptools.setup(version=PACKAGE_INFO["__version__"])
diff --git a/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/src/opentelemetry/sdk/extension/aws/resource/beanstalk.py b/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/src/opentelemetry/sdk/extension/aws/resource/beanstalk.py
index 8252ec0f17..7d6fcd96ce 100644
--- a/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/src/opentelemetry/sdk/extension/aws/resource/beanstalk.py
+++ b/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/src/opentelemetry/sdk/extension/aws/resource/beanstalk.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def detect(self) -> "Resource":
             conf_file_path = "/var/elasticbeanstalk/xray/environment.conf"
 
         try:
-            with open(conf_file_path) as conf_file:
+            with open(conf_file_path, encoding="utf-8") as conf_file:
                 parsed_data = json.load(conf_file)
 
             return Resource(
diff --git a/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/src/opentelemetry/sdk/extension/aws/version.py b/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/src/opentelemetry/sdk/extension/aws/version.py
index 58cce81ce6..b11137f85c 100644
--- a/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/src/opentelemetry/sdk/extension/aws/version.py
+++ b/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/src/opentelemetry/sdk/extension/aws/version.py
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-__version__ = "1.0.1"
+__version__ = "1.1.0dev0"
diff --git a/templates/instrumentation_setup.py.txt b/templates/instrumentation_setup.py.txt
index 69fa7a1e4a..f19238bef2 100644
--- a/templates/instrumentation_setup.py.txt
+++ b/templates/instrumentation_setup.py.txt
@@ -40,13 +40,13 @@ PACKAGE_INFO = {}
 VERSION_FILENAME = os.path.join(
     BASE_DIR, "src", "opentelemetry", "instrumentation", "{{ name }}", "version.py"
 )
-with open(VERSION_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(VERSION_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 PACKAGE_FILENAME = os.path.join(
     BASE_DIR, "src", "opentelemetry", "instrumentation", "{{ name }}", "package.py"
 )
-with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(PACKAGE_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 # Mark any instruments/runtime dependencies as test dependencies as well. 
diff --git a/util/opentelemetry-util-http/setup.py b/util/opentelemetry-util-http/setup.py
index 1202dd07e3..f0501f216a 100644
--- a/util/opentelemetry-util-http/setup.py
+++ b/util/opentelemetry-util-http/setup.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     BASE_DIR, "src", "opentelemetry", "util", "http", "version.py"
 )
 PACKAGE_INFO = {}
-with open(VERSION_FILENAME) as f:
+with open(VERSION_FILENAME, encoding="utf-8") as f:
     exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
 
 setuptools.setup(version=PACKAGE_INFO["__version__"])