diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 12330103b..e95ecc368 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -27,13 +27,12 @@
 	</modules>
 
 	<properties>
-		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-		<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 		<project.type>multi</project.type>
 		<dist.id>spring-data-cassandra</dist.id>
 		<springdata.commons>1.8.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</springdata.commons>
 		<cassandra-unit.version>2.0.2.1</cassandra-unit.version>
 		<cassandra-driver-dse.version>2.0.1</cassandra-driver-dse.version>
+		<el.version>1.0</el.version>
 		<failsafe.version>2.16</failsafe.version>
 		<jamm.version>0.2.5</jamm.version>
 	</properties>
@@ -182,7 +181,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>javax.el</groupId>
 				<artifactId>el-api</artifactId>
-				<version>${cdi}</version>
+				<version>${el.version}</version>
 				<scope>test</scope>
 			</dependency>
 
@@ -204,7 +203,7 @@
 
 	<repositories>
 		<repository>
-			<id>spring-lib-snapshot</id>
+			<id>spring-libs-snapshot</id>
 			<url>http://repo.spring.io/libs-snapshot</url>
 		</repository>
 	</repositories>