diff --git a/native/cocos/bindings/jswrapper/v8/Utils.cpp b/native/cocos/bindings/jswrapper/v8/Utils.cpp
index 6e5334253fa..1a2453f9074 100644
--- a/native/cocos/bindings/jswrapper/v8/Utils.cpp
+++ b/native/cocos/bindings/jswrapper/v8/Utils.cpp
@@ -33,11 +33,24 @@
     #include "ScriptEngine.h"
     #include "base/Log.h"
     #include "base/Macros.h"
+    #include "base/UTF8.h"
 
 namespace se {
 
 namespace internal {
 
+namespace {
+
+inline v8::MaybeLocal<v8::String> createV8StringFromUtf8(v8::Isolate* isolate, const ccstd::string &u8Str, v8::NewStringType type = v8::NewStringType::kNormal) {
+    std::u16string u16Str;
+    if (cc::StringUtils::UTF8ToUTF16(u8Str, u16Str)) {
+        return v8::String::NewFromTwoByte(isolate, reinterpret_cast<const uint16_t*>(u16Str.data()), type, static_cast<int>(u16Str.length()));
+    }
+    return {};
+}
+
+} // namespace {
+
 void jsToSeArgs(const v8::FunctionCallbackInfo<v8::Value> &v8args, ValueArray &outArr) {
     v8::Isolate *isolate = v8args.GetIsolate();
     for (int i = 0; i < v8args.Length(); i++) {
@@ -62,7 +75,8 @@ void seToJsValue(v8::Isolate *isolate, const Value &v, v8::Local<v8::Value> *out
             *outJsVal = v8::Number::New(isolate, v.toDouble());
             break;
         case Value::Type::String: {
-            v8::MaybeLocal<v8::String> str = v8::String::NewFromUtf8(isolate, v.toString().data(), v8::NewStringType::kNormal, static_cast<int>(v.toString().length()));
+//            v8::MaybeLocal<v8::String> str = v8::String::NewFromUtf8(isolate, v.toString().data(), v8::NewStringType::kNormal, static_cast<int>(v.toString().length()));
+            auto str = createV8StringFromUtf8(isolate, v.toString(), v8::NewStringType::kNormal);
             if (!str.IsEmpty()) {
                 *outJsVal = str.ToLocalChecked();
             } else {
@@ -181,7 +195,8 @@ void setReturnValueTemplate(const Value &data, const T &argv) {
             break;
         }
         case Value::Type::String: {
-            v8::MaybeLocal<v8::String> value = v8::String::NewFromUtf8(argv.GetIsolate(), data.toString().c_str(), v8::NewStringType::kNormal);
+//            v8::MaybeLocal<v8::String> value = v8::String::NewFromUtf8(argv.GetIsolate(), data.toString().c_str(), v8::NewStringType::kNormal);
+            auto value = createV8StringFromUtf8(argv.GetIsolate(), data.toString(), v8::NewStringType::kNormal);
             CC_ASSERT(!value.IsEmpty());
             argv.GetReturnValue().Set(value.ToLocalChecked());
             break;
diff --git a/native/external-config.json b/native/external-config.json
index 45b7100d021..6fbc71bd2dd 100644
--- a/native/external-config.json
+++ b/native/external-config.json
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
         "type": "github",
         "owner": "cocos-creator",
         "name": "engine-native-external",
-        "checkout": "v3.8.4-2"
+        "checkout": "v3.8.4-3"
     }
 }
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