diff --git a/checkov/common/output/report.py b/checkov/common/output/report.py
index 1d46ec8ee4f..8e70112c48f 100644
--- a/checkov/common/output/report.py
+++ b/checkov/common/output/report.py
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ def print_console(
 
         if not is_quiet:
             for file in self.parsing_errors:
-                output_data += colored(f"Error parsing file {file}ֿ\n", "red")
+                output_data += colored(f"Error parsing file {file}\n", "red")
 
         if created_baseline_path:
             output_data += colored(
diff --git a/checkov/common/runners/runner_registry.py b/checkov/common/runners/runner_registry.py
index a608807a05b..881f2183e47 100644
--- a/checkov/common/runners/runner_registry.py
+++ b/checkov/common/runners/runner_registry.py
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ def print_reports(
             )
 
             # Remove colors from the cli output
-            ansi_escape = re.compile(r'(?:\x1B[@-_]|[\x80-\x9F])[0–9:;<=>?]*[ -/]*[@-~]')
+            ansi_escape = re.compile(r'(?:\x1B[@-_]|[\x80-\x9F])[0-9:;<=>?]*[ -/]*[@-~]')
             data_outputs['cli'] = ansi_escape.sub('', cli_output)
         if "sarif" in config.output:
             sarif = Sarif(reports=sarif_reports, tool=self.tool)
diff --git a/checkov/kubernetes/checks/resource/k8s/HostPort.py b/checkov/kubernetes/checks/resource/k8s/HostPort.py
index 74fdea6a6d4..15346ed320a 100644
--- a/checkov/kubernetes/checks/resource/k8s/HostPort.py
+++ b/checkov/kubernetes/checks/resource/k8s/HostPort.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ def __init__(self) -> None:
         """
         https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/overview/
 
-        Don’t specify a hostPort for a Pod unless it is absolutely necessary.
+        Don't specify a hostPort for a Pod unless it is absolutely necessary.
         When you bind a Pod to a hostPort, it limits the number of places the
         Pod can be scheduled, because each <hostIP, hostPort, protocol> combination
         must be unique.
diff --git a/checkov/serverless/utils.py b/checkov/serverless/utils.py
index f79a5bf2cfe..184fd1d6652 100644
--- a/checkov/serverless/utils.py
+++ b/checkov/serverless/utils.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def get_scannable_file_paths(root_folder: str | None = None, excluded_paths: lis
         return files_list
 
     for root, d_names, f_names in os.walk(root_folder):
-        # Don't walk in to "node_modules" directories under the root folder. If –for some reason–
+        # Don't walk in to "node_modules" directories under the root folder. If for some reason
         # scanning one of these is desired, it can be directly specified.
         if "node_modules" in d_names:
             d_names.remove("node_modules")
diff --git a/checkov/terraform/checks/resource/kubernetes/HostPort.py b/checkov/terraform/checks/resource/kubernetes/HostPort.py
index a71a9a4d203..7ce054d8f1c 100644
--- a/checkov/terraform/checks/resource/kubernetes/HostPort.py
+++ b/checkov/terraform/checks/resource/kubernetes/HostPort.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ def __init__(self):
         """
                https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/overview/
 
-               Don’t specify a hostPort for a Pod unless it is absolutely necessary.
+               Don't specify a hostPort for a Pod unless it is absolutely necessary.
                When you bind a Pod to a hostPort, it limits the number of places the
                Pod can be scheduled, because each <hostIP, hostPort, protocol> combination
                must be unique.