diff --git a/root/usr/share/smanager/lib/SrvMngr/Controller/Wbl.pm b/root/usr/share/smanager/lib/SrvMngr/Controller/Wbl.pm
index 865291d..139b22a 100644
--- a/root/usr/share/smanager/lib/SrvMngr/Controller/Wbl.pm
+++ b/root/usr/share/smanager/lib/SrvMngr/Controller/Wbl.pm
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ our @EXPORT_OK = qw(
 	get_contrib_routes
 	);
 
-our $db = esmith::ConfigDB->open() or die "Couldn't open ConfigDB\n";
-our $wdb = esmith::ConfigDB->open('wbl') or die "Couldn't open wbl dbase\n";
-our $sdb = esmith::ConfigDB->open('spamassassin') or die "Couldn't open spamassassin dbase\n";
+our $db = esmith::ConfigDB::UTF8->open() or die "Couldn't open ConfigDB::UTF8\n";
+our $wdb = esmith::ConfigDB::UTF8->open('wbl') or die "Couldn't open wbl dbase\n";
+our $sdb = esmith::ConfigDB::UTF8->open('spamassassin') or die "Couldn't open spamassassin dbase\n";
 
 
 sub main {
diff --git a/smeserver-wbl.spec b/smeserver-wbl.spec
index f3edad9..e9a93b8 100644
--- a/smeserver-wbl.spec
+++ b/smeserver-wbl.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Summary: E-mail white/black lists for SME Server
 %define name smeserver-wbl
 Name: %{name}
 %define version 11.0.0
-%define release 3
+%define release 4
 Version: %{version}
 Release: %{release}%{?dist}
 License: GPL
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ qpsmtpd whitelist_soft /var/service/qpsmtpd/config/whitelisthosts whitelisthelo
 spamassassin /etc/mail/spammassassin/local.cf whitelist_from
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Oct 07 2025 Brian Read <brianr@koozali.org> 11.0.0-4.sme
+- Add UTF8 and avoid potential DB caching problems [SME: 13209]
+
 * Sat Oct 04 2025 Brian Read <brianr@koozali.org> 11.0.0-3.sme
 - Remove smanager-refresh from spec file [SME: 13212]