diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bc2df24a4..d37c01abb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
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    contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with