diff --git a/geronimo-javamail_1.3.1_provider/pom.xml b/geronimo-javamail_1.3.1_provider/pom.xml
index b5d2380..e3af4f3 100644
--- a/geronimo-javamail_1.3.1_provider/pom.xml
+++ b/geronimo-javamail_1.3.1_provider/pom.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
     Copyright 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
 
@@ -45,4 +45,4 @@
     </dependencies>
 
 </project>
-
+\
diff --git a/geronimo-javamail_1.3_mail/pom.xml b/geronimo-javamail_1.3_mail/pom.xml
index dcb422e..ce1af34 100644
--- a/geronimo-javamail_1.3_mail/pom.xml
+++ b/geronimo-javamail_1.3_mail/pom.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
     Copyright 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e85de7d..5cf0e03 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
     Copyright 2006 The Apache Software Foundation