diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8eb03434..722161a4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@
     <module>core</module>
   </modules>
 
+  <properties>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+  </properties>
+
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>