diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fea7529..b2b74ea 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
         <revision>2.5.0-DEV</revision>
         <java.version>1.8</java.version>
         <java.release>8</java.release>
+
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <repositories>