diff --git a/equinix-openapi-fabric-tests/pom.xml b/equinix-openapi-fabric-tests/pom.xml
index 33445bd..bd04f4f 100644
--- a/equinix-openapi-fabric-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/equinix-openapi-fabric-tests/pom.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@
         <version>0.0.1</version>
     </parent>
 
+    <properties>
+        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
+        <maven.compiler.source>${java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>${java.version}</maven.compiler.target>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
+
     <build>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>