diff --git a/examples/atum-examples/pom.xml b/examples/atum-examples/pom.xml
index 46987a3e..d36ca019 100644
--- a/examples/atum-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/atum-examples/pom.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <atum.version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</atum.version>
+        <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
 
         <!-- Cross Compilation Properties -->
         <default.scala.binary.version>2.11</default.scala.binary.version>
diff --git a/examples/s3-sdk-extension-examples/pom.xml b/examples/s3-sdk-extension-examples/pom.xml
index 233f311c..bac845bc 100644
--- a/examples/s3-sdk-extension-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/s3-sdk-extension-examples/pom.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <atum.version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</atum.version>
+        <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
 
         <!-- Cross Compilation Properties -->
         <default.scala.binary.version>2.11</default.scala.binary.version>