diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+4.5 (2016-10-19)
+
+   * Fix merged for UTF8 issue
+
+
 4.4 (2016-10-11)
 
    * Removed defunct cabal stability field
diff --git a/epub-metadata.cabal b/epub-metadata.cabal
--- a/epub-metadata.cabal
+++ b/epub-metadata.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                epub-metadata
-version:             4.4
+version:             4.5
 cabal-version:       >= 1.10
 build-type:          Simple
 license:             BSD3
@@ -63,12 +63,13 @@
                      Codec.Epub.Util
    build-depends:    base >= 3 && < 5,
                      bytestring,
+                     utf8-string,
                      containers,
                      directory,
                      filepath,
                      hxt >= 9,
                      mtl,
-                     regex-compat,
+                     regex-compat-tdfa,
                      zip-archive
    hs-source-dirs:   src
    ghc-options:      -Wall
@@ -79,12 +80,13 @@
    main-is:          test-main.hs
    build-depends:    base >= 3 && < 5,
                      bytestring,
+                     utf8-string,
                      directory,
                      filepath,
                      HUnit,
                      hxt >= 9,
                      mtl,
-                     regex-compat,
+                     regex-compat-tdfa,
                      zip-archive
    hs-source-dirs:   src testsuite
    other-modules:    Archive
diff --git a/src/Codec/Epub/IO.hs b/src/Codec/Epub/IO.hs
--- a/src/Codec/Epub/IO.hs
+++ b/src/Codec/Epub/IO.hs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Char8 as BS
 import Data.ByteString.Lazy ( fromChunks )
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as B
-import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy.Char8 as BL
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy.UTF8 as UTF8
 import Data.List
 import System.Directory
 import System.FilePath
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
    let mbEntry = findEntryByPath filePath archive
    maybe
       (throwError $ "Unable to locate file " ++ filePath)
-      (return . BL.unpack . fromEntry) mbEntry
+      (return . UTF8.toString . fromEntry) mbEntry
 
 
 {- | The static location of the container.xml, as specified by the
diff --git a/testsuite/Epub2/ParseMetadata.hs b/testsuite/Epub2/ParseMetadata.hs
--- a/testsuite/Epub2/ParseMetadata.hs
+++ b/testsuite/Epub2/ParseMetadata.hs
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@
                   "Josephine B. Wiggins"
                , Creator
                   (Just "aut")
+                  (Just "Dicker, Joël")
+                  Nothing
+                  "Joël Dicker"
+               , Creator
+                  (Just "aut")
                   Nothing
                   Nothing
                   "Horatio Cromwell"
diff --git a/testsuite/epub2-full.opf b/testsuite/epub2-full.opf
--- a/testsuite/epub2-full.opf
+++ b/testsuite/epub2-full.opf
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
       <dc:title>Title Of This Book</dc:title>
       <dc:title xml:lang="fr">Titre De Ce Livre</dc:title>
       <dc:creator opf:role="aut" opf:file-as="Wiggins, Josephine B.">Josephine B. Wiggins</dc:creator>
+      <dc:creator opf:file-as="Dicker, Joël" opf:role="aut">Joël Dicker</dc:creator>
       <dc:creator opf:role="aut">Horatio Cromwell</dc:creator>
       <dc:creator>Natalia Jenkins</dc:creator>
       <dc:contributor opf:role="ill" opf:file-as="Knickerbocker, Reginald Q.">Reginald Q. Knickerbocker</dc:contributor>