diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a68f62c8..f7a4a529 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
 		<!-- UTF-8 -->
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<project.build.resourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.resourceEncoding>
+		<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 
 		<!-- Java 8 -->
 		<maven.compiler.release>8</maven.compiler.release>
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@
 		     different engine version (see issue #509) -->
 		<maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>
 		<maven-pmd-plugin.version>3.28.0</maven-pmd-plugin.version>
-		<spotbugs-maven-plugin.version>4.10.3.0</spotbugs-maven-plugin.version>
+		<spotbugs-maven-plugin.version>4.10.4.0</spotbugs-maven-plugin.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<dependencies>