diff --git a/build/package.json b/build/package.json
index e077113da5e..f20b59faca0 100644
--- a/build/package.json
+++ b/build/package.json
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     "gulp-bom": "^1.0.0",
     "gulp-sourcemaps": "^1.11.0",
     "gulp-uglify": "^3.0.0",
-    "iconv-lite-umd": "0.6.6",
+    "iconv-lite-umd": "0.6.8",
     "mime": "^1.3.4",
     "minimatch": "3.0.4",
     "minimist": "^1.2.3",
diff --git a/build/yarn.lock b/build/yarn.lock
index dcd2cbdf812..4f1a3f6218c 100644
--- a/build/yarn.lock
+++ b/build/yarn.lock
@@ -1428,10 +1428,10 @@ https-proxy-agent@^4.0.0:
     agent-base "5"
     debug "4"
 
-iconv-lite-umd@0.6.6:
-  version "0.6.6"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/iconv-lite-umd/-/iconv-lite-umd-0.6.6.tgz#d00c8a822a248066d22b1e90635d8506a469f357"
-  integrity sha512-I4CCm48Jh10a8ETkgqfu2RofZd9gIcQwAcEI2x9MjgvdrbKxk8DdGpyq3WB7064mJXBgGniZgWky435ropCpmw==
+iconv-lite-umd@0.6.8:
+  version "0.6.8"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/iconv-lite-umd/-/iconv-lite-umd-0.6.8.tgz#5ad310ec126b260621471a2d586f7f37b9958ec0"
+  integrity sha512-zvXJ5gSwMC9JD3wDzH8CoZGc1pbiJn12Tqjk8BXYCnYz3hYL5GRjHW8LEykjXhV9WgNGI4rgpgHcbIiBfrRq6A==
 
 ignore@^5.1.1:
   version "5.1.2"
diff --git a/extensions/git/package.json b/extensions/git/package.json
index af28c1419cb..49b410957f3 100644
--- a/extensions/git/package.json
+++ b/extensions/git/package.json
@@ -1878,7 +1878,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "byline": "^5.0.0",
     "file-type": "^7.2.0",
-    "iconv-lite-umd": "0.6.6",
+    "iconv-lite-umd": "0.6.8",
     "jschardet": "2.2.1",
     "vscode-extension-telemetry": "0.1.1",
     "vscode-nls": "^4.0.0",
diff --git a/extensions/git/yarn.lock b/extensions/git/yarn.lock
index fa04de0ce68..b56e76c37a7 100644
--- a/extensions/git/yarn.lock
+++ b/extensions/git/yarn.lock
@@ -425,10 +425,10 @@ https-proxy-agent@^2.2.1:
     agent-base "^4.3.0"
     debug "^3.1.0"
 
-iconv-lite-umd@0.6.6:
-  version "0.6.6"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/iconv-lite-umd/-/iconv-lite-umd-0.6.6.tgz#d00c8a822a248066d22b1e90635d8506a469f357"
-  integrity sha512-I4CCm48Jh10a8ETkgqfu2RofZd9gIcQwAcEI2x9MjgvdrbKxk8DdGpyq3WB7064mJXBgGniZgWky435ropCpmw==
+iconv-lite-umd@0.6.8:
+  version "0.6.8"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/iconv-lite-umd/-/iconv-lite-umd-0.6.8.tgz#5ad310ec126b260621471a2d586f7f37b9958ec0"
+  integrity sha512-zvXJ5gSwMC9JD3wDzH8CoZGc1pbiJn12Tqjk8BXYCnYz3hYL5GRjHW8LEykjXhV9WgNGI4rgpgHcbIiBfrRq6A==
 
 inflight@^1.0.4:
   version "1.0.6"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2db22c83d50..a9382375fb4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
     "graceful-fs": "4.2.3",
     "http-proxy-agent": "^2.1.0",
     "https-proxy-agent": "^2.2.3",
-    "iconv-lite-umd": "0.6.6",
+    "iconv-lite-umd": "0.6.8",
     "jschardet": "2.2.1",
     "keytar": "^5.5.0",
     "minimist": "^1.2.5",
diff --git a/remote/package.json b/remote/package.json
index 1d3f497eaff..79ee1887958 100644
--- a/remote/package.json
+++ b/remote/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     "graceful-fs": "4.2.3",
     "http-proxy-agent": "^2.1.0",
     "https-proxy-agent": "^2.2.3",
-    "iconv-lite-umd": "0.6.6",
+    "iconv-lite-umd": "0.6.8",
     "jschardet": "2.2.1",
     "minimist": "^1.2.5",
     "native-watchdog": "1.3.0",
diff --git a/remote/web/package.json b/remote/web/package.json
index 5082bf2f453..fed41204f22 100644
--- a/remote/web/package.json
+++ b/remote/web/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 	"name": "vscode-web",
 	"version": "0.0.0",
 	"dependencies": {
-		"iconv-lite-umd": "0.6.6",
+		"iconv-lite-umd": "0.6.8",
 		"jschardet": "2.2.1",
 		"semver-umd": "^5.5.7",
 		"vscode-oniguruma": "1.3.1",
diff --git a/remote/web/yarn.lock b/remote/web/yarn.lock
index ab62c1a6215..ef733b5f728 100644
--- a/remote/web/yarn.lock
+++ b/remote/web/yarn.lock
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 # yarn lockfile v1
 
 
-iconv-lite-umd@0.6.6:
-  version "0.6.6"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/iconv-lite-umd/-/iconv-lite-umd-0.6.6.tgz#d00c8a822a248066d22b1e90635d8506a469f357"
-  integrity sha512-I4CCm48Jh10a8ETkgqfu2RofZd9gIcQwAcEI2x9MjgvdrbKxk8DdGpyq3WB7064mJXBgGniZgWky435ropCpmw==
+iconv-lite-umd@0.6.8:
+  version "0.6.8"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/iconv-lite-umd/-/iconv-lite-umd-0.6.8.tgz#5ad310ec126b260621471a2d586f7f37b9958ec0"
+  integrity sha512-zvXJ5gSwMC9JD3wDzH8CoZGc1pbiJn12Tqjk8BXYCnYz3hYL5GRjHW8LEykjXhV9WgNGI4rgpgHcbIiBfrRq6A==
 
 jschardet@2.2.1:
   version "2.2.1"
diff --git a/remote/yarn.lock b/remote/yarn.lock
index 421804e21a4..4932847734e 100644
--- a/remote/yarn.lock
+++ b/remote/yarn.lock
@@ -196,10 +196,10 @@ https-proxy-agent@^4.0.0:
     agent-base "5"
     debug "4"
 
-iconv-lite-umd@0.6.6:
-  version "0.6.6"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/iconv-lite-umd/-/iconv-lite-umd-0.6.6.tgz#d00c8a822a248066d22b1e90635d8506a469f357"
-  integrity sha512-I4CCm48Jh10a8ETkgqfu2RofZd9gIcQwAcEI2x9MjgvdrbKxk8DdGpyq3WB7064mJXBgGniZgWky435ropCpmw==
+iconv-lite-umd@0.6.8:
+  version "0.6.8"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/iconv-lite-umd/-/iconv-lite-umd-0.6.8.tgz#5ad310ec126b260621471a2d586f7f37b9958ec0"
+  integrity sha512-zvXJ5gSwMC9JD3wDzH8CoZGc1pbiJn12Tqjk8BXYCnYz3hYL5GRjHW8LEykjXhV9WgNGI4rgpgHcbIiBfrRq6A==
 
 ip@^1.1.5:
   version "1.1.5"
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/textfile/test/node/encoding/encoding.test.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/textfile/test/node/encoding/encoding.test.ts
index c9cc38b1281..bc4af904ca4 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/textfile/test/node/encoding/encoding.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/textfile/test/node/encoding/encoding.test.ts
@@ -341,18 +341,17 @@ suite('Encoding', () => {
 		assert.equal(actual, expected);
 	});
 
-	// TODO@ben enable test once fix is in
-	// test('toDecodeStream - some stream (GBK issue #101856)', async function () {
-	// 	const path = getPathFromAmdModule(require, './fixtures/some-gbk.txt');
-	// 	const source = streamToBufferReadableStream(fs.createReadStream(path));
+	test('toDecodeStream - some stream (GBK issue #101856)', async function () {
+		const path = getPathFromAmdModule(require, './fixtures/some_gbk.txt');
+		const source = streamToBufferReadableStream(fs.createReadStream(path));
 
-	// 	const { detected, stream } = await encoding.toDecodeStream(source, { minBytesRequiredForDetection: 4, guessEncoding: false, overwriteEncoding: async () => 'gbk' });
-	// 	assert.ok(detected);
-	// 	assert.ok(stream);
+		const { detected, stream } = await encoding.toDecodeStream(source, { minBytesRequiredForDetection: 4, guessEncoding: false, overwriteEncoding: async () => 'gbk' });
+		assert.ok(detected);
+		assert.ok(stream);
 
-	// 	const content = await readAllAsString(stream);
-	// 	assert.equal(content.length > 60000, true);
-	// });
+		const content = await readAllAsString(stream);
+		assert.equal(content.length, 65537);
+	});
 
 	test('toEncodeReadable - encoding, utf16be', async function () {
 		const path = getPathFromAmdModule(require, './fixtures/some_utf16be.css');
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/textfile/test/node/encoding/fixtures/some-gbk.txt b/src/vs/workbench/services/textfile/test/node/encoding/fixtures/some_gbk.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from src/vs/workbench/services/textfile/test/node/encoding/fixtures/some-gbk.txt
rename to src/vs/workbench/services/textfile/test/node/encoding/fixtures/some_gbk.txt
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 863f8d9648a..1162fcca9a8 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4594,10 +4594,10 @@ husky@^0.13.1:
     is-ci "^1.0.9"
     normalize-path "^1.0.0"
 
-iconv-lite-umd@0.6.6:
-  version "0.6.6"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/iconv-lite-umd/-/iconv-lite-umd-0.6.6.tgz#d00c8a822a248066d22b1e90635d8506a469f357"
-  integrity sha512-I4CCm48Jh10a8ETkgqfu2RofZd9gIcQwAcEI2x9MjgvdrbKxk8DdGpyq3WB7064mJXBgGniZgWky435ropCpmw==
+iconv-lite-umd@0.6.8:
+  version "0.6.8"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/iconv-lite-umd/-/iconv-lite-umd-0.6.8.tgz#5ad310ec126b260621471a2d586f7f37b9958ec0"
+  integrity sha512-zvXJ5gSwMC9JD3wDzH8CoZGc1pbiJn12Tqjk8BXYCnYz3hYL5GRjHW8LEykjXhV9WgNGI4rgpgHcbIiBfrRq6A==
 
 iconv-lite@^0.4.19:
   version "0.4.19"