diff --git a/fixtures/jaxec/pom.xml b/fixtures/jaxec/pom.xml
index bf05fc78..2bbff2c1 100644
--- a/fixtures/jaxec/pom.xml
+++ b/fixtures/jaxec/pom.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2021-2025 Yegor Bugayenko
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT