diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index aa4fa9e..c67bc76 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
+  <properties>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+  </properties>
+
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>