diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8bc33659d..194461a9b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@
           <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
           <version>3.20.0</version>
           <configuration>
-            <sourceEncoding>utf-8</sourceEncoding>
+            <inputEncoding>${project.build.sourceEncoding}</inputEncoding>
             <minimumTokens>100</minimumTokens>
             <targetJdk>${java.version}</targetJdk>
             <format>xml</format>