diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence/pom.xml
index 419600d772..c58e8dbf86 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence/pom.xml
@@ -73,4 +73,11 @@
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
+    <properties>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <mockito.version>2.23.0</mockito.version>
+        <validation-api.version>2.0.1.Final</validation-api.version>
+        <spring-boot.version>2.1.7.RELEASE</spring-boot.version>
+    </properties>
+
 </project>