diff --git a/dockinginfonode/pom.xml b/dockinginfonode/pom.xml
index df66ab512c8684f0e68e8c9de51b17f46e4a55dc..fea5b541a4dc1d207496911d170e5f59892fffda 100644
--- a/dockinginfonode/pom.xml
+++ b/dockinginfonode/pom.xml
@@ -52,13 +52,13 @@
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
-          <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+          <encoding>${project.build.sourceEncoding}</encoding>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
-          <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+          <encoding>${project.build.sourceEncoding}</encoding>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
@@ -74,5 +74,7 @@
       <artifactId>idw-gpl</artifactId>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
-
+    <properties>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
 </project>