diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen-maven/pom.xml b/jOOQ-codegen-maven/pom.xml
index 495352bfcb..4b985cc24d 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen-maven/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen-maven/pom.xml
@@ -93,14 +93,17 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin-tools</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-plugin-annotations</artifactId>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 924584a8b9..af281069b4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@
     <url>http://www.jooq.org</url>
 
     <properties>
-
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
+        
         <!-- These in-memory DBs are used by jOOQ-meta-extensions and a variety of integration tests -->
         <h2.version>2.1.214</h2.version>
         <sqlite.version>3.39.4.1</sqlite.version>