diff --git a/deptry/imports/extractors/base.py b/deptry/imports/extractors/base.py
index 8ba0ab94..08b7db0f 100644
--- a/deptry/imports/extractors/base.py
+++ b/deptry/imports/extractors/base.py
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from pathlib import Path
 
+import chardet
+
 
 @dataclass
 class ImportExtractor(ABC):
@@ -25,3 +27,8 @@ def _extract_imports_from_ast(tree: ast.AST) -> set[str]:
                 imported_modules.add(node.module.split(".")[0])
 
         return imported_modules
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _get_file_encoding(file: Path) -> str:
+        with open(file, "rb") as f:
+            return chardet.detect(f.read())["encoding"]
diff --git a/deptry/imports/extractors/notebook_import_extractor.py b/deptry/imports/extractors/notebook_import_extractor.py
index c59fbc85..736c2200 100644
--- a/deptry/imports/extractors/notebook_import_extractor.py
+++ b/deptry/imports/extractors/notebook_import_extractor.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import ast
 import itertools
 import json
+import logging
 import re
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -17,17 +18,26 @@ class NotebookImportExtractor(ImportExtractor):
 
     def extract_imports(self) -> set[str]:
         notebook = self._read_ipynb_file(self.file)
+        if not notebook:
+            return set()
+
         cells = self._keep_code_cells(notebook)
         import_statements = [self._extract_import_statements_from_cell(cell) for cell in cells]
-
         tree = ast.parse("\n".join(itertools.chain.from_iterable(import_statements)), str(self.file))
-
         return self._extract_imports_from_ast(tree)
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def _read_ipynb_file(path_to_ipynb: Path) -> dict[str, Any]:
-        with open(path_to_ipynb) as f:
-            notebook: dict[str, Any] = json.load(f)
+    @classmethod
+    def _read_ipynb_file(cls, path_to_ipynb: Path) -> dict[str, Any] | None:
+        try:
+            with open(path_to_ipynb) as ipynb_file:
+                notebook: dict[str, Any] = json.load(ipynb_file)
+        except UnicodeDecodeError:
+            try:
+                with open(path_to_ipynb, encoding=cls._get_file_encoding(path_to_ipynb)) as ipynb_file:
+                    notebook = json.load(ipynb_file, strict=False)
+            except UnicodeDecodeError:
+                logging.warning(f"Warning: File {path_to_ipynb} could not be decoded. Skipping...")
+                return None
         return notebook
 
     @staticmethod
diff --git a/deptry/imports/extractors/python_import_extractor.py b/deptry/imports/extractors/python_import_extractor.py
index 9ac105c8..5c4dc8f5 100644
--- a/deptry/imports/extractors/python_import_extractor.py
+++ b/deptry/imports/extractors/python_import_extractor.py
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@
 import ast
 import logging
 from dataclasses import dataclass
-from pathlib import Path
-
-import chardet
 
 from deptry.imports.extractors.base import ImportExtractor
 
@@ -27,8 +24,3 @@ def extract_imports(self) -> set[str]:
                 return set()
 
         return self._extract_imports_from_ast(tree)
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def _get_file_encoding(file: Path) -> str:
-        with open(file, "rb") as f:
-            return chardet.detect(f.read())["encoding"]
diff --git a/tests/imports/test_extract.py b/tests/imports/test_extract.py
index 0ba3216c..0779072a 100644
--- a/tests/imports/test_extract.py
+++ b/tests/imports/test_extract.py
@@ -101,6 +101,48 @@ def test_import_parser_file_encodings(file_content: str, encoding: str | None, t
         assert get_imported_modules_from_file(Path(random_file_name)) == {"foo"}
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("code_cell_content", "encoding"),
+    [
+        (
+            ["import foo", "print('嘉大')"],
+            "utf-8",
+        ),
+        (
+            ["import foo", "print('Æ	Ç')"],
+            "iso-8859-15",
+        ),
+        (
+            ["import foo", "print('嘉大')"],
+            "utf-16",
+        ),
+        (
+            ["my_string = '🐺'", "import foo"],
+            None,
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+def test_import_parser_file_encodings_ipynb(code_cell_content: list[str], encoding: str | None, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    random_file_name = f"file_{uuid.uuid4()}.ipynb"
+
+    with run_within_dir(tmp_path):
+        with open(random_file_name, "w", encoding=encoding) as f:
+            file_content = f"""{{
+ "cells": [
+  {{
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "metadata": {{}},
+   "source": [
+    {", ".join([ f'"{code_line}"'  for code_line in code_cell_content])}
+   ]
+  }}
+  ]}}"""
+            f.write(file_content)
+            print(file_content)
+
+        assert get_imported_modules_from_file(Path(random_file_name)) == {"foo"}
+
+
 def test_import_parser_file_encodings_warning(tmp_path: Path, caplog: LogCaptureFixture) -> None:
     with run_within_dir(tmp_path):
         with open("file1.py", "w", encoding="utf-8") as f: