diff --git a/paper-api/pom.xml b/paper-api/pom.xml
index fbdc3c3b0c..61d07b972d 100644
--- a/paper-api/pom.xml
+++ b/paper-api/pom.xml
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
                 <configuration>
                     <source>1.6</source>
                     <target>1.6</target>
+                    <encoding>${project.build.sourceEncoding}</encoding>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>