diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 3935b01019..99ef5f0943 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -29,3 +29,6 @@
 [submodule "components/log-viewer-webui/yscope-log-viewer"]
 	path = components/log-viewer-webui/yscope-log-viewer
 	url = https://github.com/y-scope/yscope-log-viewer.git
+[submodule "components/core/submodules/utfcpp"]
+	path = components/core/submodules/utfcpp
+	url = https://github.com/nemtrif/utfcpp.git
diff --git a/components/core/submodules/utfcpp b/components/core/submodules/utfcpp
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000..b26a5f718f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/core/submodules/utfcpp
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit b26a5f718f4f370af1852a0d5c6ae8fa031ba7d0
diff --git a/deps-tasks.yml b/deps-tasks.yml
index 3c60af0017..4d3d7e06e5 100644
--- a/deps-tasks.yml
+++ b/deps-tasks.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ vars:
   G_OUTCOME_CHECKSUM_FILE: "{{.G_BUILD_DIR}}/deps#outcome.md5"
   G_SIMDJSON_CHECKSUM_FILE: "{{.G_BUILD_DIR}}/deps#simdjson.md5"
   G_SQLITE3_CHECKSUM_FILE: "{{.G_BUILD_DIR}}/deps#sqlite3.md5"
+  G_UTFCPP_CHECKSUM_FILE: "{{.G_BUILD_DIR}}/deps#utfcpp.md5"
   G_YAML_CPP_CHECKSUM_FILE: "{{.G_BUILD_DIR}}/deps#yaml-cpp.md5"
   G_YSCOPE_LOG_VIEWER_CHECKSUM_FILE: "{{.G_BUILD_DIR}}/deps#yscope-log-viewer.md5"
 
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ tasks:
       - "{{.G_OUTCOME_CHECKSUM_FILE}}"
       - "{{.G_SIMDJSON_CHECKSUM_FILE}}"
       - "{{.G_SQLITE3_CHECKSUM_FILE}}"
+      - "{{.G_UTFCPP_CHECKSUM_FILE}}"
       - "{{.G_YAML_CPP_CHECKSUM_FILE}}"
     generates: ["{{.G_DEPS_CORE_CHECKSUM_FILE}}"]
     deps: ["all-internal-deps"]
@@ -53,6 +55,7 @@ tasks:
         "{{.G_OUTCOME_CHECKSUM_FILE}}"
         "{{.G_SIMDJSON_CHECKSUM_FILE}}"
         "{{.G_SQLITE3_CHECKSUM_FILE}}"
+        "{{.G_UTFCPP_CHECKSUM_FILE}}"
         "{{.G_YAML_CPP_CHECKSUM_FILE}}"
         >> "{{.G_DEPS_CORE_CHECKSUM_FILE}}"
 
@@ -93,6 +96,7 @@ tasks:
       - task: "outcome"
       - task: "simdjson"
       - task: "sqlite3"
+      - task: "utfcpp"
       - task: "yaml-cpp"
       - task: "yscope-log-viewer"
 
@@ -369,6 +373,36 @@ tasks:
           DATA_DIR: "{{.DEST}}"
           OUTPUT_FILE: "{{.CHECKSUM_FILE}}"
 
+  utfcpp:
+    internal: true
+    vars:
+      CHECKSUM_FILE: "{{.G_UTFCPP_CHECKSUM_FILE}}"
+      DEST: "{{.G_CORE_COMPONENT_SUBMODULES_DIR}}/utfcpp"
+    sources:
+      - "{{.G_DEP_DOWNLOAD_SCRIPT}}"
+      - "{{.G_UTILS_TASKFILE}}"
+      - "{{.ROOT_DIR}}/Taskfile.yml"
+      - "{{.TASKFILE}}"
+    generates: ["{{.CHECKSUM_FILE}}"]
+    deps:
+      - ":init"
+      - task: ":utils:validate-checksum"
+        vars:
+          CHECKSUM_FILE: "{{.CHECKSUM_FILE}}"
+          DATA_DIR: "{{.DEST}}"
+    cmds:
+      - task: "download-dependency"
+        vars:
+          DEST: "{{.DEST}}"
+          FLAGS: "--extract"
+          SRC_NAME: "utfcpp-4.0.6"
+          SRC_URL: "https://github.com/nemtrif/utfcpp/archive/refs/tags/v4.0.6.zip"
+      # This command must be last
+      - task: ":utils:compute-checksum"
+        vars:
+          DATA_DIR: "{{.DEST}}"
+          OUTPUT_FILE: "{{.CHECKSUM_FILE}}"
+
   yaml-cpp:
     internal: true
     vars: