diff --git a/src/crewai/cli/create_flow.py b/src/crewai/cli/create_flow.py
index 01c16e881..1cc3c6bd2 100644
--- a/src/crewai/cli/create_flow.py
+++ b/src/crewai/cli/create_flow.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def create_flow(name):
     (project_root / "tests").mkdir(exist_ok=True)
 
     # Create .env file
-    with open(project_root / ".env", "w", encoding="utf-8") as file:
+    with open(project_root / ".env", "w", encoding="utf-8", newline="\n") as file:
         file.write("OPENAI_API_KEY=YOUR_API_KEY")
 
     package_dir = Path(__file__).parent
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def create_flow(name):
         content = content.replace("{{flow_name}}", class_name)
         content = content.replace("{{folder_name}}", folder_name)
 
-        with open(dst_file, "w", encoding="utf-8") as file:
+        with open(dst_file, "w", encoding="utf-8", newline="\n") as file:
             file.write(content)
 
     # Copy and process root template files
diff --git a/src/crewai/cli/provider.py b/src/crewai/cli/provider.py
index 3ebd696f8..2d8aef493 100644
--- a/src/crewai/cli/provider.py
+++ b/src/crewai/cli/provider.py
@@ -138,17 +138,22 @@ def load_provider_data(cache_file, cache_expiry):
 
 def read_cache_file(cache_file):
     """
-    Reads and returns the JSON content from a cache file. Returns None if the file contains invalid JSON.
+    Reads and returns the JSON content from a cache file. Returns None if the file contains invalid JSON
+    or if there's an encoding error.
 
     Args:
     - cache_file (Path): The path to the cache file.
 
     Returns:
-    - dict or None: The JSON content of the cache file or None if the JSON is invalid.
+    - dict or None: The JSON content of the cache file or None if the JSON is invalid or there's an encoding error.
     """
     try:
         with open(cache_file, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
             return json.load(f)
+    except UnicodeDecodeError as e:
+        click.secho(f"Error reading cache file: Unicode decode error - {e}", fg="red")
+        click.secho("This may be due to file encoding issues. Try deleting the cache file and trying again.", fg="yellow")
+        return None
     except json.JSONDecodeError:
         return None
 
@@ -167,13 +172,16 @@ def fetch_provider_data(cache_file):
         response = requests.get(JSON_URL, stream=True, timeout=60)
         response.raise_for_status()
         data = download_data(response)
-        with open(cache_file, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+        with open(cache_file, "w", encoding="utf-8", newline="\n") as f:
             json.dump(data, f)
         return data
     except requests.RequestException as e:
         click.secho(f"Error fetching provider data: {e}", fg="red")
     except json.JSONDecodeError:
         click.secho("Error parsing provider data. Invalid JSON format.", fg="red")
+    except UnicodeDecodeError as e:
+        click.secho(f"Unicode decode error when processing provider data: {e}", fg="red")
+        click.secho("This may be due to encoding issues with the downloaded data.", fg="yellow")
     return None
 
 
diff --git a/src/crewai/cli/utils.py b/src/crewai/cli/utils.py
index 58cf10901..09e2cda95 100644
--- a/src/crewai/cli/utils.py
+++ b/src/crewai/cli/utils.py
@@ -18,19 +18,24 @@ console = Console()
 
 def copy_template(src, dst, name, class_name, folder_name):
     """Copy a file from src to dst."""
-    with open(src, "r", encoding="utf-8") as file:
-        content = file.read()
+    try:
+        with open(src, "r", encoding="utf-8") as file:
+            content = file.read()
 
-    # Interpolate the content
-    content = content.replace("{{name}}", name)
-    content = content.replace("{{crew_name}}", class_name)
-    content = content.replace("{{folder_name}}", folder_name)
+        # Interpolate the content
+        content = content.replace("{{name}}", name)
+        content = content.replace("{{crew_name}}", class_name)
+        content = content.replace("{{folder_name}}", folder_name)
 
-    # Write the interpolated content to the new file
-    with open(dst, "w", encoding="utf-8") as file:
-        file.write(content)
+        # Write the interpolated content to the new file
+        with open(dst, "w", encoding="utf-8", newline="\n") as file:
+            file.write(content)
 
-    click.secho(f"  - Created {dst}", fg="green")
+        click.secho(f"  - Created {dst}", fg="green")
+    except UnicodeDecodeError as e:
+        click.secho(f"Error reading template file {src}: Unicode decode error - {e}", fg="red")
+        click.secho("This may be due to file encoding issues. Please ensure all template files use UTF-8 encoding.", fg="yellow")
+        raise
 
 
 def read_toml(file_path: str = "pyproject.toml"):
@@ -133,6 +138,9 @@ def fetch_and_json_env_file(env_file_path: str = ".env") -> dict:
 
     except FileNotFoundError:
         print(f"Error: {env_file_path} not found.")
+    except UnicodeDecodeError as e:
+        click.secho(f"Error reading .env file: Unicode decode error - {e}", fg="red")
+        click.secho("This may be due to file encoding issues. Please ensure the .env file uses UTF-8 encoding.", fg="yellow")
     except Exception as e:
         print(f"Error reading the .env file: {e}")
 
@@ -158,10 +166,15 @@ def tree_find_and_replace(directory, find, replace):
         for filename in files:
             filepath = os.path.join(path, filename)
 
-            with open(filepath, "r", encoding="utf-8") as file:
-                contents = file.read()
-            with open(filepath, "w", encoding="utf-8") as file:
-                file.write(contents.replace(find, replace))
+            try:
+                with open(filepath, "r", encoding="utf-8") as file:
+                    contents = file.read()
+                with open(filepath, "w", encoding="utf-8", newline="\n") as file:
+                    file.write(contents.replace(find, replace))
+            except UnicodeDecodeError as e:
+                click.secho(f"Error processing file {filepath}: Unicode decode error - {e}", fg="red")
+                click.secho("This may be due to file encoding issues. Skipping this file.", fg="yellow")
+                continue
 
             if find in filename:
                 new_filename = filename.replace(find, replace)
@@ -189,11 +202,15 @@ def load_env_vars(folder_path):
     env_file_path = folder_path / ".env"
     env_vars = {}
     if env_file_path.exists():
-        with open(env_file_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as file:
-            for line in file:
-                key, _, value = line.strip().partition("=")
-                if key and value:
-                    env_vars[key] = value
+        try:
+            with open(env_file_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as file:
+                for line in file:
+                    key, _, value = line.strip().partition("=")
+                    if key and value:
+                        env_vars[key] = value
+        except UnicodeDecodeError as e:
+            click.secho(f"Error reading .env file: Unicode decode error - {e}", fg="red")
+            click.secho("This may be due to file encoding issues. Please ensure the .env file uses UTF-8 encoding.", fg="yellow")
     return env_vars
 
 
@@ -244,6 +261,11 @@ def write_env_file(folder_path, env_vars):
     - env_vars (dict): A dictionary of environment variables to write.
     """
     env_file_path = folder_path / ".env"
-    with open(env_file_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as file:
-        for key, value in env_vars.items():
-            file.write(f"{key}={value}\n")
+    try:
+        with open(env_file_path, "w", encoding="utf-8", newline="\n") as file:
+            for key, value in env_vars.items():
+                file.write(f"{key}={value}\n")
+    except Exception as e:
+        click.secho(f"Error writing .env file: {e}", fg="red")
+        click.secho("This may be due to file system permissions or other issues.", fg="yellow")
+        raise