diff --git a/project.xml b/project.xml
index 2223802a8..019a6e592 100644
--- a/project.xml
+++ b/project.xml
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@
       <name>Kim van der Linde</name>
     </contributor>
     <contributor>
-      <name>Jörg Weimar</name>
+      <name>J&#246;rg Weimar</name>
     </contributor>
     <contributor>
       <name>Xiaogang Zhang</name>