diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5c2215e..669971b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.number>0</project.build.number>
+		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 	</properties>
 
 	<repositories>