diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 58aca34947..75bae43378 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -359,6 +359,10 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>${maven-javadoc-plugin.version}</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <release>${java.version}</release>
+                    <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+                </configuration>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>attach-javadocs</id>