diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0a48c2e5..49a05e46 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
     <groupId>manning</groupId>
     <artifactId>lambdasinaction</artifactId>
     <version>1.0</version>
+    
+    <properties>
+      <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
@@ -22,9 +26,10 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.1</version>
         <configuration>
-          <source>8</source>
-          <target>8</target>
+          <source>1.8</source>
+          <target>1.8</target>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>