diff --git a/release-notes/CREDITS b/release-notes/CREDITS
index 97fb34ec59..f05c38998f 100644
--- a/release-notes/CREDITS
+++ b/release-notes/CREDITS
@@ -79,3 +79,8 @@ Lokesh Kumar N (LokeshN@github)
   * Contributed #209: Make use of `_allowMultipleMatches` in `FilteringParserDelegate`
    (2.7.4)
 
+
+Tanguy Leroux (tlrx@github)
+  * Reported, contributed fix for #280: FilteringGeneratorDelegate.writeUTF8String()
+    should delegate to writeUTF8String()
+   (2.7.5)
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION b/release-notes/VERSION
index e30dfb95a5..eed8c0f0dc 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ JSON library.
 === Releases ===
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+2.7.5 (not yet released)
+
+#280: FilteringGeneratorDelegate.writeUTF8String() should delegate to writeUTF8String()
+ (reported by Tanguy L)
+
 2.7.4 (29-Apr-2016)
 
 #209: Make use of `_allowMultipleMatches` in `FilteringParserDelegate`
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/filter/FilteringGeneratorDelegate.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/filter/FilteringGeneratorDelegate.java
index 1c7bed3fda..51c47d7281 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/filter/FilteringGeneratorDelegate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/filter/FilteringGeneratorDelegate.java
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ public void writeUTF8String(byte[] text, int offset, int length) throws IOExcept
     {
         // not exact match, but best we can do
         if (_checkRawValueWrite()) {
-            delegate.writeRawUTF8String(text, offset, length);
+            delegate.writeUTF8String(text, offset, length);
         }
     }