diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index eec6216..1962a92 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>${java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>${java.version}</maven.compiler.target>
         <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.0.0-M5</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencyManagement>