diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d1d7ba4c6..705765647 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <dropwizard.version>0.9.2</dropwizard.version>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -141,6 +142,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.2</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <source>1.7</source>
                     <target>1.7</target>