diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1488c740..5674a2f6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     <properties>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>