diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bf06c5062045ce5be08ec4123b216985e332fa51..9dda763fca87528aad177b54d654ce12dc9b45ca 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,12 +7,31 @@
   <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>lemonade_stand</name>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
-  <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>3.8.1</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-  </dependencies>
+
+    <properties>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.8.1</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <source>8</source>
+                    <target>8</target>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+            <version>4.13</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
 </project>
+