diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6f3f21b..d40f4bc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
   <version>1.0.${revision}</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <properties>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <revision>0-SNAPSHOT</revision>
   </properties>
   <repositories>