diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 71d3907..973e41f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@
   <artifactId>guanxi-common</artifactId>
   <version>2.0.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
+  <properties>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
+  </properties>
+
   <organization>
     <name>UHI Millennium Institute</name>
     <url>http://www.weblogs.uhi.ac.uk/sm00ay/?cat=22</url>