diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 798e67e..caedb46 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -7829,7 +7829,9 @@ function run() {
                 core.debug('No version found, trying to find version from global.json');
                 const globalJsonPath = path.join(process.cwd(), 'global.json');
                 if (fs.existsSync(globalJsonPath)) {
-                    const globalJson = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(globalJsonPath, { encoding: 'utf8' }));
+                    const globalJson = JSON.parse(
+                    // .trim() is necessary to strip BOM https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/20649
+                    fs.readFileSync(globalJsonPath, { encoding: 'utf8' }).trim());
                     if (globalJson.sdk && globalJson.sdk.version) {
                         version = globalJson.sdk.version;
                     }