diff --git a/qserv-deploy/pom.xml b/qserv-deploy/pom.xml
index bd7efe5..f2c01c8 100644
--- a/qserv-deploy/pom.xml
+++ b/qserv-deploy/pom.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@
 
 	<name>HSAdmin-QServ</name>
 
+	<properties>
+		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+		<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
+		<maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
+		<maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+	</properties>
+
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>de.hsadmin.core</groupId>