diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 69b053a4d..f091b71f8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>${surefire.version}</version>
         <configuration>
-          <argLine>${surefireArgs} -Dfile.encoding=cp1252</argLine>
+          <argLine>@{surefireArgs} -Dfile.encoding=cp1252</argLine>
           <suiteXmlFiles>
             <suiteXmlFile>main/tests/server/conf/tests.xml</suiteXmlFile>
           </suiteXmlFiles>