diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml b/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml
index 6f94916f..2bb18afc 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml
@@ -228,16 +228,10 @@
           <excludes>
             <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
           </excludes>
-          <systemProperties>
-            <property>
-              <name>sqlite4java.library.path</name>
-              <value>${sqlite4java.libpath}</value>
-            </property>
-            <property>
-              <name>awsProfile</name>
-              <value>${awsProfile}</value>
-            </property>
-          </systemProperties>
+          <systemPropertyVariables>
+            <sqlite4java.library.path>${sqlite4java.libpath}</sqlite4java.library.path>
+            <awsProfile>${awsProfile}</awsProfile>
+          </systemPropertyVariables>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 470b915d..e9a9bcb0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <awssdk.version>2.25.64</awssdk.version>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
   </properties>
 
   <licenses>