diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a02785613..c8750e7c5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
     <jee.port>3333</jee.port>
     <refine.data>/tmp/refine</refine.data>
     <surefireArgs></surefireArgs>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
   </properties>
 
   <scm>