diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 49fc1a98d5..9cd5b9ea44 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -764,6 +764,8 @@
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>
     <properties>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>        
         <spring.version>3.0.0.M3</spring.version>
         <jstl.version>1.1.2</jstl.version>
         <jetty.version>6.1.18</jetty.version>