diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4633662a625..ff0757ffd8a 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3661,6 +3661,7 @@
               <fixMethodComment>true</fixMethodComment>
               <fixTags>all</fixTags>
               <notimestamp>true</notimestamp>
+              <locale>en_US</locale>
               <!-- Pass some options straight to the javadoc executable since it is easier -->
               <additionalJOption>-J-Xmx2G</additionalJOption>
               <!-- JDK8 javadoc requires test scope transitive dependencies due to our custom doclet -->
@@ -3703,6 +3704,7 @@
               <fixMethodComment>true</fixMethodComment>
               <fixTags>all</fixTags>
               <notimestamp>true</notimestamp>
+              <locale>en_US</locale>
               <!-- Pass some options straight to the javadoc executable since it is easier -->
               <additionalJOption>-J-Xmx2G</additionalJOption>
               <!-- JDK8 javadoc requires test scope transitive dependencies due to our custom doclet -->
@@ -3757,6 +3759,7 @@
               <fixMethodComment>true</fixMethodComment>
               <fixTags>all</fixTags>
               <notimestamp>true</notimestamp>
+              <locale>en_US</locale>
               <!-- Pass some options straight to the javadoc executable since it is easier -->
               <additionalJOption>-J-Xmx2G</additionalJOption>
               <!-- JDK8 javadoc requires test scope transitive dependencies due to our custom doclet -->
@@ -3810,6 +3813,7 @@
               <fixMethodComment>true</fixMethodComment>
               <fixTags>all</fixTags>
               <notimestamp>true</notimestamp>
+              <locale>en_US</locale>
               <!-- Pass some options straight to the javadoc executable since it is easier -->
               <additionalJOption>-J-Xmx2G</additionalJOption>
               <!-- JDK8 javadoc requires test scope transitive dependencies due to our custom doclet -->