diff --git a/airbase-policy/pom.xml b/airbase-policy/pom.xml
index fdc91e2ff..b5f3003ae 100644
--- a/airbase-policy/pom.xml
+++ b/airbase-policy/pom.xml
@@ -11,4 +11,8 @@
     <artifactId>airbase-policy</artifactId>
 
     <description>Policy files for Airbase</description>
+
+    <properties>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
 </project>