diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c68c681..9ba3882 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
                     <configuration>
                         <source>1.8</source>
                         <target>1.8</target>
+                        <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
                     </configuration>
                 </plugin>
             </plugins>