diff --git a/src/etc/poms/pom.xml b/src/etc/poms/pom.xml
index 2d71f8f65..756d8e95e 100644
--- a/src/etc/poms/pom.xml
+++ b/src/etc/poms/pom.xml
@@ -116,5 +116,32 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/ma
     <testSourceDirectory>../../../src/testcases</testSourceDirectory>
     <outputDirectory>../../../target/classes</outputDirectory>
     <testOutputDirectory>../../../target/testcases</testOutputDirectory>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>2.3.2</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>2.4</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>2.12</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>2.12</version>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
   </build>
+  <properties>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+  </properties>
 </project>