diff --git a/maven-modules/maven-properties/pom.xml b/maven-modules/maven-properties/pom.xml
index 88e13a0fb8..0e9986e3ac 100644
--- a/maven-modules/maven-properties/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-modules/maven-properties/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>properties-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.0.0</version>
+                <version>1.1.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <phase>generate-resources</phase>
@@ -32,12 +32,37 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
+            
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.2.0</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <!--encoding>UTF-8</encoding-->
+                    <!--propertiesEncoding>ISO-8859-1</propertiesEncoding-->
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <!--encoding>UTF-8</encoding-->
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
     <properties>
         <name>${project.name}</name>
         <my.awesome.property>property-from-pom</my.awesome.property>
+		<!--these properties are normally set in the parent POM and would be overidden
+		by the plugin specific properties above.-->
+        <!--project.build.sourceEncoding></project.build.sourceEncoding-->
+        <!--project.build.sourceEncoding>US-ASCII</project.build.sourceEncoding-->
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/maven-modules/maven-properties/src/main/java/com/baeldung/maven/properties/NonAsciiString.java b/maven-modules/maven-properties/src/main/java/com/baeldung/maven/properties/NonAsciiString.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..48a82f93b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-modules/maven-properties/src/main/java/com/baeldung/maven/properties/NonAsciiString.java
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package com.baeldung.maven.properties;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+/*
+ * Simple class to demonstrate the importance of Maven encoding when dealing with NonAscii characters
+ */
+public class NonAsciiString {
+    
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(NonAsciiString.class);
+    
+    public static String getNonAsciiString() {
+        
+        String nonAsciiStr = "ÜÝÞßàæç";
+        LOGGER.info(nonAsciiStr);
+        return nonAsciiStr;
+        
+        /*We can even use non-ASCII characters as Java variables names.
+        The below will run fine when built using Maven UTF-8 encoding,
+        but not when using US-ASCII. Give it a go!*/
+        /*String nonAsciiŞŧř = "ÜÝÞßàæç";
+        LOGGER.info(nonAsciiŞŧř);
+        return nonAsciiŞŧř;*/
+    }
+}
diff --git a/maven-modules/maven-properties/src/test/java/com/baeldung/maven/properties/NonAsciiStringUnitTest.java b/maven-modules/maven-properties/src/test/java/com/baeldung/maven/properties/NonAsciiStringUnitTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d6cc9908d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-modules/maven-properties/src/test/java/com/baeldung/maven/properties/NonAsciiStringUnitTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package com.baeldung.maven.properties;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+public class NonAsciiStringUnitTest {
+
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(NonAsciiStringUnitTest.class);
+    
+    /**
+     * Sanity check to ensure that the code is still able to compile and run
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void whenNonAsciiStringIsUsed_thenCodeRuns() {
+        String nonAsciiStr = NonAsciiString.getNonAsciiString();
+        LOGGER.info(nonAsciiStr);
+    }
+    
+}