The following patch is taken from this pull request:
https://github.com/jqlang/jq/pull/3039
--- a/tests/setup
+++ b/tests/setup
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
 JQBASEDIR=$JQTESTDIR/..
 JQ=${JQ:-$JQBASEDIR/jq}
 
+# Some tests have locale-dependent output; use C locale.  Fixes #3038
+LC_ALL=C
+export LC_ALL
+
 if [ -z "${NO_VALGRIND-}" ] && which valgrind > /dev/null; then
     VALGRIND="valgrind --error-exitcode=1 --leak-check=full \
                        --suppressions=$JQTESTDIR/onig.supp \