diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4c295cb1..fefc8f7b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@
         </developer>
     </developers>
 
+    <properties>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
+
     <build>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>