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@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@
public class Base64 extends BaseNCodec {
      * @since 1.4 (NOTE:  1.4 chunked the output, whereas 1.5 does not).
      */
     public static String encodeBase64String(final byte[] binaryData) {
-        return StringUtils.newStringUtf8(encodeBase64(binaryData, false));
+        return StringUtils.newStringUsAscii(encodeBase64(binaryData, false));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@
public class Base64 extends BaseNCodec {
      * @since 1.4
      */
     public static String encodeBase64URLSafeString(final byte[] binaryData) {
-        return StringUtils.newStringUtf8(encodeBase64(binaryData, false, true));
+        return StringUtils.newStringUsAscii(encodeBase64(binaryData, false, true));
     }
 
     /**
