diff --git a/shell-ui/src/setupTests.ts b/shell-ui/src/setupTests.ts
index 0ee4519cba..4eb0782f93 100644
--- a/shell-ui/src/setupTests.ts
+++ b/shell-ui/src/setupTests.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import fetch from 'node-fetch';
 import 'regenerator-runtime/runtime';
 import '@testing-library/jest-dom/extend-expect';
 import 'jest-localstorage-mock';
+import { TextEncoder, TextDecoder } from 'util';
 
 const nodeCrypto = require('crypto');
 
@@ -89,3 +90,6 @@ jest.mock('@scality/module-federation', () => {
     FederatedComponent: () => '',
   };
 });
+
+global.TextEncoder = TextEncoder;
+global.TextDecoder = TextDecoder;