diff --git a/src/testdir/test_json.vim b/src/testdir/test_json.vim
index 369bdde..83adcd6 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_json.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_json.vim
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 " Test for JSON functions.
+
+" JSON requires using utf-8.  Conversion breaks the asserts, therefore set
+" 'encoding' to utf-8.
+if !has('multi_byte')
+  finish
+endif
 scriptencoding utf-8
+set encoding=utf-8
 
 let s:json1 = '"str\"in\\g"'
 let s:var1 = "str\"in\\g"
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index f3a9183..eaf0ab6 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -744,6 +744,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    1448,
+/**/
     1447,
 /**/
     1446,