diff --git a/apps/blank/pom.xml b/apps/blank/pom.xml
index 8ebc52919..a4023200f 100644
--- a/apps/blank/pom.xml
+++ b/apps/blank/pom.xml
@@ -88,4 +88,7 @@
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
+    <properties>
+    	<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/apps/jboss-blank/pom.xml b/apps/jboss-blank/pom.xml
index b4e9f5b80..2a1a44445 100644
--- a/apps/jboss-blank/pom.xml
+++ b/apps/jboss-blank/pom.xml
@@ -61,4 +61,7 @@
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+    <properties>
+    	<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
+</project>
diff --git a/apps/mailreader/pom.xml b/apps/mailreader/pom.xml
index 427e7865a..d87e6940d 100644
--- a/apps/mailreader/pom.xml
+++ b/apps/mailreader/pom.xml
@@ -100,4 +100,7 @@
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
+    <properties>
+    	<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/apps/pom.xml b/apps/pom.xml
index 1998fa8a0..f36dff6a6 100644
--- a/apps/pom.xml
+++ b/apps/pom.xml
@@ -225,4 +225,7 @@
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
+    <properties>
+    	<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/apps/portlet/pom.xml b/apps/portlet/pom.xml
index 346fb1a93..863ff2037 100644
--- a/apps/portlet/pom.xml
+++ b/apps/portlet/pom.xml
@@ -213,4 +213,7 @@
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </reporting>
+    <properties>
+    	<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/apps/rest-showcase/pom.xml b/apps/rest-showcase/pom.xml
index b64029617..5ee47f335 100644
--- a/apps/rest-showcase/pom.xml
+++ b/apps/rest-showcase/pom.xml
@@ -138,4 +138,7 @@
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
+    <properties>
+    	<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/apps/showcase/pom.xml b/apps/showcase/pom.xml
index 0ca8c8bcf..dfe09ec07 100644
--- a/apps/showcase/pom.xml
+++ b/apps/showcase/pom.xml
@@ -245,4 +245,7 @@
         </resources>
 
     </build>
+    <properties>
+    	<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/archetypes/pom.xml b/archetypes/pom.xml
index df1910538..c4f82f025 100644
--- a/archetypes/pom.xml
+++ b/archetypes/pom.xml
@@ -49,4 +49,7 @@
         <module>struts2-archetype-starter</module>
     </modules>
 
+    <properties>
+    	<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/archetypes/struts2-archetype-angularjs/pom.xml b/archetypes/struts2-archetype-angularjs/pom.xml
index b0c67e441..e4192afe8 100644
--- a/archetypes/struts2-archetype-angularjs/pom.xml
+++ b/archetypes/struts2-archetype-angularjs/pom.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <maven.test.skip>true</maven.test.skip>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <build>
@@ -89,4 +90,4 @@
         </profile>
     </profiles>
 
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/archetypes/struts2-archetype-angularjs/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/archetypes/struts2-archetype-angularjs/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index bd4c03139..06422ce70 100644
--- a/archetypes/struts2-archetype-angularjs/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/archetypes/struts2-archetype-angularjs/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <struts2.version>${project.version}</struts2.version>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/archetypes/struts2-archetype-blank/pom.xml b/archetypes/struts2-archetype-blank/pom.xml
index 0aaccad80..f1b68da4f 100644
--- a/archetypes/struts2-archetype-blank/pom.xml
+++ b/archetypes/struts2-archetype-blank/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     
     <properties>
         <maven.test.skip>true</maven.test.skip>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/archetypes/struts2-archetype-blank/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/archetypes/struts2-archetype-blank/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index 61dd8b69b..dd928c406 100644
--- a/archetypes/struts2-archetype-blank/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/archetypes/struts2-archetype-blank/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <struts2.version>${project.version}</struts2.version>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/archetypes/struts2-archetype-convention/pom.xml b/archetypes/struts2-archetype-convention/pom.xml
index 008331731..15d690589 100644
--- a/archetypes/struts2-archetype-convention/pom.xml
+++ b/archetypes/struts2-archetype-convention/pom.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <maven.test.skip>true</maven.test.skip>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <build>
@@ -89,4 +90,4 @@
         </profile>
     </profiles>
 
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/archetypes/struts2-archetype-convention/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/archetypes/struts2-archetype-convention/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index 1741c343d..6684ed65b 100644
--- a/archetypes/struts2-archetype-convention/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/archetypes/struts2-archetype-convention/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <struts2.version>${project.version}</struts2.version>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/archetypes/struts2-archetype-dbportlet/pom.xml b/archetypes/struts2-archetype-dbportlet/pom.xml
index 748b3c081..4b8761ae0 100644
--- a/archetypes/struts2-archetype-dbportlet/pom.xml
+++ b/archetypes/struts2-archetype-dbportlet/pom.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <maven.test.skip>true</maven.test.skip>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <build>
@@ -89,4 +90,4 @@
         </profile>
     </profiles>
 
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/archetypes/struts2-archetype-dbportlet/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/archetypes/struts2-archetype-dbportlet/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index 93042c801..c254752e5 100644
--- a/archetypes/struts2-archetype-dbportlet/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/archetypes/struts2-archetype-dbportlet/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <struts2.version>${project.version}</struts2.version>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>    
 
 	<dependencies>
diff --git a/archetypes/struts2-archetype-plugin/pom.xml b/archetypes/struts2-archetype-plugin/pom.xml
index 578620661..e530f03d3 100644
--- a/archetypes/struts2-archetype-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/archetypes/struts2-archetype-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <maven.test.skip>true</maven.test.skip>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <build>
@@ -88,4 +89,4 @@
             </build>
         </profile>
     </profiles>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/archetypes/struts2-archetype-plugin/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/archetypes/struts2-archetype-plugin/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index b67d04d9a..0f2209e31 100644
--- a/archetypes/struts2-archetype-plugin/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/archetypes/struts2-archetype-plugin/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -37,4 +37,7 @@
         <defaultGoal>install</defaultGoal>
     </build>
 
+    <properties>
+    	<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/archetypes/struts2-archetype-portlet/pom.xml b/archetypes/struts2-archetype-portlet/pom.xml
index 752a4337b..d9f561a2d 100644
--- a/archetypes/struts2-archetype-portlet/pom.xml
+++ b/archetypes/struts2-archetype-portlet/pom.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <maven.test.skip>true</maven.test.skip>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <build>
@@ -82,4 +83,4 @@
         </profile>
     </profiles>
 
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/archetypes/struts2-archetype-starter/pom.xml b/archetypes/struts2-archetype-starter/pom.xml
index ace44ee6d..5f2afae2f 100644
--- a/archetypes/struts2-archetype-starter/pom.xml
+++ b/archetypes/struts2-archetype-starter/pom.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <maven.test.skip>true</maven.test.skip>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/archetypes/struts2-archetype-starter/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/archetypes/struts2-archetype-starter/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index 0a872d835..b15fe2865 100644
--- a/archetypes/struts2-archetype-starter/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/archetypes/struts2-archetype-starter/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <struts2.version>${project.version}</struts2.version>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
 	<dependencies>
diff --git a/assembly/pom.xml b/assembly/pom.xml
index a4d9d022f..062b958e4 100644
--- a/assembly/pom.xml
+++ b/assembly/pom.xml
@@ -294,4 +294,7 @@
 
     </dependencies>
 
+    <properties>
+    	<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/bundles/admin/pom.xml b/bundles/admin/pom.xml
index dee9feec2..e3d5eb368 100644
--- a/bundles/admin/pom.xml
+++ b/bundles/admin/pom.xml
@@ -42,4 +42,7 @@
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
+    <properties>
+    	<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/bundles/demo/pom.xml b/bundles/demo/pom.xml
index 3a9b93b42..79c631722 100644
--- a/bundles/demo/pom.xml
+++ b/bundles/demo/pom.xml
@@ -65,4 +65,7 @@
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
+    <properties>
+    	<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/bundles/pom.xml b/bundles/pom.xml
index ccaa042ae..2be951bd7 100755
--- a/bundles/pom.xml
+++ b/bundles/pom.xml
@@ -88,4 +88,7 @@
         </plugins>
     </reporting>
 
+    <properties>
+    	<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 6e6476c1c..dd3f5e67a 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <tlib.version>2.3</tlib.version>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/plugins/cdi/pom.xml b/plugins/cdi/pom.xml
index 9274e2b3d..c0e6b9d50 100644
--- a/plugins/cdi/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/cdi/pom.xml
@@ -72,4 +72,7 @@
 
     </dependencies>
 
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+    <properties>
+    	<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
+</project>
diff --git a/plugins/codebehind/pom.xml b/plugins/codebehind/pom.xml
index 92a13a92c..42aed8690 100644
--- a/plugins/codebehind/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/codebehind/pom.xml
@@ -72,4 +72,7 @@
         </dependency>
 
    </dependencies>
+    <properties>
+    	<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/plugins/config-browser/pom.xml b/plugins/config-browser/pom.xml
index d4a253167..f10f6e6f4 100644
--- a/plugins/config-browser/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/config-browser/pom.xml
@@ -39,4 +39,7 @@
        <url>http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/struts/struts2/trunk/plugins/config-browser/</url>
     </scm>
 
+    <properties>
+    	<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/plugins/convention/pom.xml b/plugins/convention/pom.xml
index 7ccac5cf9..a4f88b900 100644
--- a/plugins/convention/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/convention/pom.xml
@@ -55,4 +55,7 @@
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
+    <properties>
+    	<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/plugins/dojo/pom.xml b/plugins/dojo/pom.xml
index e4bc34f99..43134efb6 100644
--- a/plugins/dojo/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/dojo/pom.xml
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <tlib.version>2.2</tlib.version>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/plugins/dwr/pom.xml b/plugins/dwr/pom.xml
index 4509fea72..80c6718a6 100644
--- a/plugins/dwr/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/dwr/pom.xml
@@ -46,4 +46,7 @@
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
+    <properties>
+    	<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/plugins/embeddedjsp/pom.xml b/plugins/embeddedjsp/pom.xml
index 186299351..242d95c60 100644
--- a/plugins/embeddedjsp/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/embeddedjsp/pom.xml
@@ -105,4 +105,7 @@
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
+    <properties>
+    	<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/plugins/gxp/pom.xml b/plugins/gxp/pom.xml
index 2806a1748..fde6bd0e9 100644
--- a/plugins/gxp/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/gxp/pom.xml
@@ -42,4 +42,7 @@
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
+    <properties>
+    	<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/plugins/jasperreports/pom.xml b/plugins/jasperreports/pom.xml
index e95630bf8..b00f17b3d 100644
--- a/plugins/jasperreports/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/jasperreports/pom.xml
@@ -51,4 +51,7 @@
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
+    <properties>
+    	<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/plugins/javatemplates/pom.xml b/plugins/javatemplates/pom.xml
index f16fa0146..660eab5a1 100644
--- a/plugins/javatemplates/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/javatemplates/pom.xml
@@ -55,4 +55,7 @@
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
+    <properties>
+    	<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/plugins/jfreechart/pom.xml b/plugins/jfreechart/pom.xml
index 91ba8561c..29a000cc5 100644
--- a/plugins/jfreechart/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/jfreechart/pom.xml
@@ -81,4 +81,7 @@
         </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>
+    <properties>
+    	<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/plugins/jsf/pom.xml b/plugins/jsf/pom.xml
index 9a89db7cc..9ace28f26 100644
--- a/plugins/jsf/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/jsf/pom.xml
@@ -54,4 +54,7 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
+    <properties>
+    	<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/plugins/json/pom.xml b/plugins/json/pom.xml
index 243af8ff9..0cc4496bf 100644
--- a/plugins/json/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/json/pom.xml
@@ -104,4 +104,7 @@
         </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>
+    <properties>
+    	<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/plugins/junit/pom.xml b/plugins/junit/pom.xml
index d5b3a3743..d7ce24594 100644
--- a/plugins/junit/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/junit/pom.xml
@@ -81,4 +81,7 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
+    <properties>
+    	<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/plugins/osgi/pom.xml b/plugins/osgi/pom.xml
index 96d917c83..9089be31b 100644
--- a/plugins/osgi/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/osgi/pom.xml
@@ -58,4 +58,7 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
+    <properties>
+    	<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/plugins/oval/pom.xml b/plugins/oval/pom.xml
index f0d861865..6fe22825e 100644
--- a/plugins/oval/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/oval/pom.xml
@@ -76,4 +76,7 @@
         </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>
+    <properties>
+    	<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/plugins/pell-multipart/pom.xml b/plugins/pell-multipart/pom.xml
index 2117e5a1b..c65e93dcf 100644
--- a/plugins/pell-multipart/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/pell-multipart/pom.xml
@@ -47,4 +47,7 @@
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
+    <properties>
+    	<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/plugins/plexus/pom.xml b/plugins/plexus/pom.xml
index ba1afd227..e8441334c 100644
--- a/plugins/plexus/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/plexus/pom.xml
@@ -46,4 +46,7 @@
             <version>1.0-alpha-10</version>
         </dependency>
    </dependencies>
+    <properties>
+    	<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/plugins/pom.xml b/plugins/pom.xml
index 1f29b97f3..be2ec3cef 100644
--- a/plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/pom.xml
@@ -92,4 +92,7 @@
 
     </dependencies>
 
+    <properties>
+    	<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/plugins/portlet-tiles/pom.xml b/plugins/portlet-tiles/pom.xml
index 6193a8c79..0274ec111 100644
--- a/plugins/portlet-tiles/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/portlet-tiles/pom.xml
@@ -64,4 +64,7 @@
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
+    <properties>
+    	<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/plugins/portlet/pom.xml b/plugins/portlet/pom.xml
index a79dbeab3..8e8ddef42 100644
--- a/plugins/portlet/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/portlet/pom.xml
@@ -122,4 +122,7 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+    <properties>
+    	<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
+</project>
diff --git a/plugins/rest/pom.xml b/plugins/rest/pom.xml
index d6e0d0fb5..2e530330b 100644
--- a/plugins/rest/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/rest/pom.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <jackson.version>1.9.2</jackson.version>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/plugins/sitegraph/pom.xml b/plugins/sitegraph/pom.xml
index f90a9b1bb..bc005d550 100644
--- a/plugins/sitegraph/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/sitegraph/pom.xml
@@ -164,4 +164,7 @@
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </reporting>
+    <properties>
+    	<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/plugins/sitemesh/pom.xml b/plugins/sitemesh/pom.xml
index 199f5556b..1ed206720 100644
--- a/plugins/sitemesh/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/sitemesh/pom.xml
@@ -58,4 +58,7 @@
         </dependency>
 
    </dependencies>
+    <properties>
+    	<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/plugins/spring/pom.xml b/plugins/spring/pom.xml
index 0171a0ac1..13fdbdae0 100644
--- a/plugins/spring/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/spring/pom.xml
@@ -85,4 +85,7 @@
 
    </dependencies>
 
+    <properties>
+    	<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/plugins/struts1/pom.xml b/plugins/struts1/pom.xml
index c16831baa..cab7fc824 100644
--- a/plugins/struts1/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/struts1/pom.xml
@@ -77,4 +77,7 @@
         </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>
+    <properties>
+    	<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/plugins/testng/pom.xml b/plugins/testng/pom.xml
index 969237a4f..5e80d527d 100644
--- a/plugins/testng/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/testng/pom.xml
@@ -62,4 +62,7 @@
         </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>
+    <properties>
+    	<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/plugins/tiles/pom.xml b/plugins/tiles/pom.xml
index 63fdbb963..1b85a73cb 100644
--- a/plugins/tiles/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/tiles/pom.xml
@@ -56,4 +56,7 @@
         </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>
+    <properties>
+    	<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/plugins/tiles3/pom.xml b/plugins/tiles3/pom.xml
index aeb4962a4..5cf7ae7de 100644
--- a/plugins/tiles3/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/tiles3/pom.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <tiles3.version>3.0.1</tiles3.version>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a62714789..e0a692ecc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@
         <siteContent.path>${site.mainDirectory}/staging</siteContent.path>
         <scmCheckout.path>${site.mainDirectory}/scm</scmCheckout.path>
         <siteDeploy.url>file://${siteContent.path}</siteDeploy.url>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <profiles>
diff --git a/xwork-core/pom.xml b/xwork-core/pom.xml
index 5c32a1087..32aff6b25 100644
--- a/xwork-core/pom.xml
+++ b/xwork-core/pom.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <currentVersion>${project.version}</currentVersion>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <build>