diff --git a/clients/basic/pom.xml b/clients/basic/pom.xml
index fe3669767..6617fdc84 100644
--- a/clients/basic/pom.xml
+++ b/clients/basic/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/clients/client-connection-strategy/pom.xml b/clients/client-connection-strategy/pom.xml
index 1a77beda4..3687d2d43 100644
--- a/clients/client-connection-strategy/pom.xml
+++ b/clients/client-connection-strategy/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
 
diff --git a/clients/client-exponential-backoff/pom.xml b/clients/client-exponential-backoff/pom.xml
index 7b47d5ef7..033b25f83 100644
--- a/clients/client-exponential-backoff/pom.xml
+++ b/clients/client-exponential-backoff/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/clients/client-labels/pom.xml b/clients/client-labels/pom.xml
index ec0fdc213..d19d3a0f6 100644
--- a/clients/client-labels/pom.xml
+++ b/clients/client-labels/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/clients/client-near-cache/pom.xml b/clients/client-near-cache/pom.xml
index 678838474..b30b7e061 100644
--- a/clients/client-near-cache/pom.xml
+++ b/clients/client-near-cache/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/clients/client-rest/pom.xml b/clients/client-rest/pom.xml
index ca59e4ee8..5919a95d6 100644
--- a/clients/client-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/clients/client-rest/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/clients/client-statistics/pom.xml b/clients/client-statistics/pom.xml
index e64ab2ede..bb273bfd3 100644
--- a/clients/client-statistics/pom.xml
+++ b/clients/client-statistics/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/clients/user-code-deployment/pom.xml b/clients/user-code-deployment/pom.xml
index 1540b97b1..86eb7c1d9 100644
--- a/clients/user-code-deployment/pom.xml
+++ b/clients/user-code-deployment/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <modules>
diff --git a/clients/user-code-deployment/user-code-deployment-client/pom.xml b/clients/user-code-deployment/user-code-deployment-client/pom.xml
index bb77f4725..bbbb5a152 100644
--- a/clients/user-code-deployment/user-code-deployment-client/pom.xml
+++ b/clients/user-code-deployment/user-code-deployment-client/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/clients/user-code-deployment/user-code-deployment-member/pom.xml b/clients/user-code-deployment/user-code-deployment-member/pom.xml
index faea255f3..d722d4dd2 100644
--- a/clients/user-code-deployment/user-code-deployment-member/pom.xml
+++ b/clients/user-code-deployment/user-code-deployment-member/pom.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/cluster-split-brain-protection-xml/pom.xml b/cluster-split-brain-protection-xml/pom.xml
index dede57d5c..d987e18b9 100644
--- a/cluster-split-brain-protection-xml/pom.xml
+++ b/cluster-split-brain-protection-xml/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/cluster-split-brain-protection/pom.xml b/cluster-split-brain-protection/pom.xml
index ca33ca9ac..ba0ad5984 100644
--- a/cluster-split-brain-protection/pom.xml
+++ b/cluster-split-brain-protection/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/cluster-state/pom.xml b/cluster-state/pom.xml
index 03ecda473..29d8ff2e3 100644
--- a/cluster-state/pom.xml
+++ b/cluster-state/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/cluster/pom.xml b/cluster/pom.xml
index 0ec7965f4..2445256dd 100644
--- a/cluster/pom.xml
+++ b/cluster/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/cp-subsystem/cp-atomiclong/pom.xml b/cp-subsystem/cp-atomiclong/pom.xml
index 9c1d5db23..192373dbe 100644
--- a/cp-subsystem/cp-atomiclong/pom.xml
+++ b/cp-subsystem/cp-atomiclong/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/cp-subsystem/cp-atomicreference/pom.xml b/cp-subsystem/cp-atomicreference/pom.xml
index 4140bb4d6..dcb21b996 100644
--- a/cp-subsystem/cp-atomicreference/pom.xml
+++ b/cp-subsystem/cp-atomicreference/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/cp-subsystem/cp-countdownlatch/pom.xml b/cp-subsystem/cp-countdownlatch/pom.xml
index 4bb6b0c12..866d2b60e 100644
--- a/cp-subsystem/cp-countdownlatch/pom.xml
+++ b/cp-subsystem/cp-countdownlatch/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/cp-subsystem/cp-listeners/pom.xml b/cp-subsystem/cp-listeners/pom.xml
index f01ead7a1..6c06b778f 100644
--- a/cp-subsystem/cp-listeners/pom.xml
+++ b/cp-subsystem/cp-listeners/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/cp-subsystem/cp-map/pom.xml b/cp-subsystem/cp-map/pom.xml
index 12e9d52d6..c544583b9 100644
--- a/cp-subsystem/cp-map/pom.xml
+++ b/cp-subsystem/cp-map/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/cp-subsystem/cp-semaphore/pom.xml b/cp-subsystem/cp-semaphore/pom.xml
index 74186666d..ba3dcbbe6 100644
--- a/cp-subsystem/cp-semaphore/pom.xml
+++ b/cp-subsystem/cp-semaphore/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/cp-subsystem/fenced-lock-auto-release-on-session-close/pom.xml b/cp-subsystem/fenced-lock-auto-release-on-session-close/pom.xml
index 43da471b8..cbeb22a69 100644
--- a/cp-subsystem/fenced-lock-auto-release-on-session-close/pom.xml
+++ b/cp-subsystem/fenced-lock-auto-release-on-session-close/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/cp-subsystem/fenced-lock-auto-release-on-shutdown/pom.xml b/cp-subsystem/fenced-lock-auto-release-on-shutdown/pom.xml
index 26baeed88..50ce34a6c 100644
--- a/cp-subsystem/fenced-lock-auto-release-on-shutdown/pom.xml
+++ b/cp-subsystem/fenced-lock-auto-release-on-shutdown/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/cp-subsystem/fenced-lock-basic-usage/pom.xml b/cp-subsystem/fenced-lock-basic-usage/pom.xml
index 4ff51bd7e..fd0d8d558 100644
--- a/cp-subsystem/fenced-lock-basic-usage/pom.xml
+++ b/cp-subsystem/fenced-lock-basic-usage/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/cp-subsystem/fenced-lock-force-release/pom.xml b/cp-subsystem/fenced-lock-force-release/pom.xml
index d465fc32e..00ff6ff2a 100644
--- a/cp-subsystem/fenced-lock-force-release/pom.xml
+++ b/cp-subsystem/fenced-lock-force-release/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/cp-subsystem/fenced-lock-lock-ownership-lost-exception/pom.xml b/cp-subsystem/fenced-lock-lock-ownership-lost-exception/pom.xml
index 8b0c5c3ea..4e3150f65 100644
--- a/cp-subsystem/fenced-lock-lock-ownership-lost-exception/pom.xml
+++ b/cp-subsystem/fenced-lock-lock-ownership-lost-exception/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/cp-subsystem/fenced-lock-monotonic-fencing-tokens/pom.xml b/cp-subsystem/fenced-lock-monotonic-fencing-tokens/pom.xml
index a4de4b1f0..40056e3db 100644
--- a/cp-subsystem/fenced-lock-monotonic-fencing-tokens/pom.xml
+++ b/cp-subsystem/fenced-lock-monotonic-fencing-tokens/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/cp-subsystem/fenced-lock-non-reentrant-mutex/pom.xml b/cp-subsystem/fenced-lock-non-reentrant-mutex/pom.xml
index 39b65bf39..6a1187cb8 100644
--- a/cp-subsystem/fenced-lock-non-reentrant-mutex/pom.xml
+++ b/cp-subsystem/fenced-lock-non-reentrant-mutex/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/cp-subsystem/fenced-lock-using-fencing-tokens/pom.xml b/cp-subsystem/fenced-lock-using-fencing-tokens/pom.xml
index aab66aa20..fec1a2395 100644
--- a/cp-subsystem/fenced-lock-using-fencing-tokens/pom.xml
+++ b/cp-subsystem/fenced-lock-using-fencing-tokens/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/cp-subsystem/fenced-lock/pom.xml b/cp-subsystem/fenced-lock/pom.xml
index 6a2664d24..16b99659f 100644
--- a/cp-subsystem/fenced-lock/pom.xml
+++ b/cp-subsystem/fenced-lock/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/cp-subsystem/pom.xml b/cp-subsystem/pom.xml
index 52eb53826..03ef9ed4f 100644
--- a/cp-subsystem/pom.xml
+++ b/cp-subsystem/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <modules>
diff --git a/cp-subsystem/remove-crashed-cp-members-automatically/pom.xml b/cp-subsystem/remove-crashed-cp-members-automatically/pom.xml
index 450d2b964..ebb1bdfb7 100644
--- a/cp-subsystem/remove-crashed-cp-members-automatically/pom.xml
+++ b/cp-subsystem/remove-crashed-cp-members-automatically/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/cp-subsystem/remove-crashed-cp-members-manually/pom.xml b/cp-subsystem/remove-crashed-cp-members-manually/pom.xml
index 323d295b3..79fb99413 100644
--- a/cp-subsystem/remove-crashed-cp-members-manually/pom.xml
+++ b/cp-subsystem/remove-crashed-cp-members-manually/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/cp-subsystem/restart-cp-subsystem/pom.xml b/cp-subsystem/restart-cp-subsystem/pom.xml
index 84bb672bc..83e7387a5 100644
--- a/cp-subsystem/restart-cp-subsystem/pom.xml
+++ b/cp-subsystem/restart-cp-subsystem/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/cp-subsystem/start-cp-subsystem-1/pom.xml b/cp-subsystem/start-cp-subsystem-1/pom.xml
index 1046bf2fa..aefc345e1 100644
--- a/cp-subsystem/start-cp-subsystem-1/pom.xml
+++ b/cp-subsystem/start-cp-subsystem-1/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/cp-subsystem/start-cp-subsystem-2/pom.xml b/cp-subsystem/start-cp-subsystem-2/pom.xml
index 9d8fa5ae8..96f265ee9 100644
--- a/cp-subsystem/start-cp-subsystem-2/pom.xml
+++ b/cp-subsystem/start-cp-subsystem-2/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/demo/pom.xml b/demo/pom.xml
index 987986ed2..c5951994c 100644
--- a/demo/pom.xml
+++ b/demo/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/distributed-collections/blockingqueue/pom.xml b/distributed-collections/blockingqueue/pom.xml
index 6a2ca50af..cd8d5d8a2 100644
--- a/distributed-collections/blockingqueue/pom.xml
+++ b/distributed-collections/blockingqueue/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/distributed-collections/boundedblockingqueue/pom.xml b/distributed-collections/boundedblockingqueue/pom.xml
index 9ec37cc39..4042fe46c 100644
--- a/distributed-collections/boundedblockingqueue/pom.xml
+++ b/distributed-collections/boundedblockingqueue/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/distributed-collections/itemlisteners/pom.xml b/distributed-collections/itemlisteners/pom.xml
index 5eaf24b12..347580bae 100644
--- a/distributed-collections/itemlisteners/pom.xml
+++ b/distributed-collections/itemlisteners/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/distributed-collections/list/pom.xml b/distributed-collections/list/pom.xml
index 10b34ff51..1d49d064c 100644
--- a/distributed-collections/list/pom.xml
+++ b/distributed-collections/list/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/distributed-collections/pom.xml b/distributed-collections/pom.xml
index d2fb1a458..77f6a437d 100644
--- a/distributed-collections/pom.xml
+++ b/distributed-collections/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <modules>
diff --git a/distributed-collections/queuestore/pom.xml b/distributed-collections/queuestore/pom.xml
index f38fa7379..f3fdf0ca6 100644
--- a/distributed-collections/queuestore/pom.xml
+++ b/distributed-collections/queuestore/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/distributed-collections/ringbuffer/pom.xml b/distributed-collections/ringbuffer/pom.xml
index 5171be1fe..5e2c49aa9 100644
--- a/distributed-collections/ringbuffer/pom.xml
+++ b/distributed-collections/ringbuffer/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/distributed-collections/ringbufferstore/pom.xml b/distributed-collections/ringbufferstore/pom.xml
index 58a0d2029..98d603425 100644
--- a/distributed-collections/ringbufferstore/pom.xml
+++ b/distributed-collections/ringbufferstore/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
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diff --git a/distributed-executor/basic-executor/pom.xml b/distributed-executor/basic-executor/pom.xml
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diff --git a/distributed-executor/execution-callback/pom.xml b/distributed-executor/execution-callback/pom.xml
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diff --git a/distributed-executor/futures/pom.xml b/distributed-executor/futures/pom.xml
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diff --git a/distributed-executor/pom.xml b/distributed-executor/pom.xml
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diff --git a/distributed-executor/scheduled-executor-retrieve-lost-future/pom.xml b/distributed-executor/scheduled-executor-retrieve-lost-future/pom.xml
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diff --git a/distributed-executor/scheduling-named-task/pom.xml b/distributed-executor/scheduling-named-task/pom.xml
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diff --git a/distributed-executor/scheduling-on-key-owner-durable/pom.xml b/distributed-executor/scheduling-on-key-owner-durable/pom.xml
index 988b56c2e..813262316 100644
--- a/distributed-executor/scheduling-on-key-owner-durable/pom.xml
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diff --git a/distributed-executor/scheduling-on-specific-member/pom.xml b/distributed-executor/scheduling-on-specific-member/pom.xml
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diff --git a/distributed-executor/scheduling-stateful-task/pom.xml b/distributed-executor/scheduling-stateful-task/pom.xml
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diff --git a/distributed-map/backup/pom.xml b/distributed-map/backup/pom.xml
index 700f1a487..e2112ad88 100644
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diff --git a/distributed-map/basics/pom.xml b/distributed-map/basics/pom.xml
index 3f0a993c5..c55a45c02 100644
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diff --git a/distributed-map/continuous-query-cache/pom.xml b/distributed-map/continuous-query-cache/pom.xml
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diff --git a/distributed-map/continuous-query/pom.xml b/distributed-map/continuous-query/pom.xml
index 2b4b1d662..4384873f0 100644
--- a/distributed-map/continuous-query/pom.xml
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diff --git a/distributed-map/criteria-api/pom.xml b/distributed-map/criteria-api/pom.xml
index f0ed0012a..10357aa36 100644
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diff --git a/distributed-map/custom-attributes/pom.xml b/distributed-map/custom-attributes/pom.xml
index 95059360b..8143b3771 100644
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diff --git a/distributed-map/data-locality/pom.xml b/distributed-map/data-locality/pom.xml
index 3e8b0a17d..af5a66238 100644
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diff --git a/distributed-map/entry-listener/pom.xml b/distributed-map/entry-listener/pom.xml
index 336644202..b266b6191 100644
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diff --git a/distributed-map/entry-processor/pom.xml b/distributed-map/entry-processor/pom.xml
index e73777507..60ba63f16 100644
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diff --git a/distributed-map/entrystore/pom.xml b/distributed-map/entrystore/pom.xml
index 389029ca1..0a007930d 100644
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diff --git a/distributed-map/eviction/pom.xml b/distributed-map/eviction/pom.xml
index 10190e7e0..ccbe96343 100644
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diff --git a/distributed-map/fast-aggregations/pom.xml b/distributed-map/fast-aggregations/pom.xml
index 67d4a72ed..6aa75fa1f 100644
--- a/distributed-map/fast-aggregations/pom.xml
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diff --git a/distributed-map/hashcode-and-equals/pom.xml b/distributed-map/hashcode-and-equals/pom.xml
index 042343a12..65e7c7d89 100644
--- a/distributed-map/hashcode-and-equals/pom.xml
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diff --git a/distributed-map/in-memory-format/pom.xml b/distributed-map/in-memory-format/pom.xml
index 42e10a449..dc8199c0c 100644
--- a/distributed-map/in-memory-format/pom.xml
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@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@
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diff --git a/distributed-map/index/pom.xml b/distributed-map/index/pom.xml
index dd8792202..cc7307124 100644
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diff --git a/distributed-map/json/pom.xml b/distributed-map/json/pom.xml
index f42fe2677..7cccde66c 100644
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diff --git a/distributed-map/locking/pom.xml b/distributed-map/locking/pom.xml
index ca7477d9a..407e85fd2 100644
--- a/distributed-map/locking/pom.xml
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@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@
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diff --git a/distributed-map/map-interceptor/pom.xml b/distributed-map/map-interceptor/pom.xml
index 4d582e79c..c960c3abc 100644
--- a/distributed-map/map-interceptor/pom.xml
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@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@
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diff --git a/distributed-map/mapstore/pom.xml b/distributed-map/mapstore/pom.xml
index c3d73b0c1..6bd9016a0 100644
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diff --git a/distributed-map/multi-map/pom.xml b/distributed-map/multi-map/pom.xml
index 5e9f02b2c..74fbd8c7f 100644
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diff --git a/distributed-map/nearcache/pom.xml b/distributed-map/nearcache/pom.xml
index 973d67b1c..2dea47dc8 100644
--- a/distributed-map/nearcache/pom.xml
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diff --git a/distributed-map/paging-predicate/pom.xml b/distributed-map/paging-predicate/pom.xml
index 29ca20c53..4228b53d1 100644
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diff --git a/distributed-map/partition-lost-listener/pom.xml b/distributed-map/partition-lost-listener/pom.xml
index b250774cf..d8d6768e4 100644
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diff --git a/distributed-map/pom.xml b/distributed-map/pom.xml
index cbda9e0be..1ba9968a2 100644
--- a/distributed-map/pom.xml
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@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
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diff --git a/distributed-map/projections/pom.xml b/distributed-map/projections/pom.xml
index 76a005200..7a6736ebb 100644
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diff --git a/distributed-map/query-collections/pom.xml b/distributed-map/query-collections/pom.xml
index 62e5595d0..c62da73fc 100644
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diff --git a/distributed-map/sqlquery/pom.xml b/distributed-map/sqlquery/pom.xml
index de90e67e4..1c9f09c63 100644
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diff --git a/distributed-primitives/cardinalityestimator/pom.xml b/distributed-primitives/cardinalityestimator/pom.xml
index 578991d61..7419c35fa 100644
--- a/distributed-primitives/cardinalityestimator/pom.xml
+++ b/distributed-primitives/cardinalityestimator/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/distributed-primitives/flake-id-generator/pom.xml b/distributed-primitives/flake-id-generator/pom.xml
index 9d1ece493..823f32966 100644
--- a/distributed-primitives/flake-id-generator/pom.xml
+++ b/distributed-primitives/flake-id-generator/pom.xml
@@ -16,6 +16,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/distributed-primitives/pn-counter/pom.xml b/distributed-primitives/pn-counter/pom.xml
index 08e729f13..c60bd3bbb 100644
--- a/distributed-primitives/pn-counter/pom.xml
+++ b/distributed-primitives/pn-counter/pom.xml
@@ -16,6 +16,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/distributed-primitives/pom.xml b/distributed-primitives/pom.xml
index ce6239ea1..f95c0875d 100644
--- a/distributed-primitives/pom.xml
+++ b/distributed-primitives/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <modules>
diff --git a/distributed-topic/basic-pub-sub/pom.xml b/distributed-topic/basic-pub-sub/pom.xml
index 236b15b58..8a02cba32 100644
--- a/distributed-topic/basic-pub-sub/pom.xml
+++ b/distributed-topic/basic-pub-sub/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/distributed-topic/pom.xml b/distributed-topic/pom.xml
index 80b74456c..ba0d5a9f9 100644
--- a/distributed-topic/pom.xml
+++ b/distributed-topic/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <modules>
diff --git a/distributed-topic/reliable-topic/pom.xml b/distributed-topic/reliable-topic/pom.xml
index 98a25b011..bd50208b4 100644
--- a/distributed-topic/reliable-topic/pom.xml
+++ b/distributed-topic/reliable-topic/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/distributed-topic/scaling/pom.xml b/distributed-topic/scaling/pom.xml
index 03bee0f53..dcfab889b 100644
--- a/distributed-topic/scaling/pom.xml
+++ b/distributed-topic/scaling/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/enterprise/auditlog/pom.xml b/enterprise/auditlog/pom.xml
index 0ed90ce57..b12b74ecf 100644
--- a/enterprise/auditlog/pom.xml
+++ b/enterprise/auditlog/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <exec.mainClass>MainDeclarativConfig</exec.mainClass>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/enterprise/client-custom-credentials/pom.xml b/enterprise/client-custom-credentials/pom.xml
index a9b8ed842..0e8d49776 100644
--- a/enterprise/client-custom-credentials/pom.xml
+++ b/enterprise/client-custom-credentials/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/enterprise/client-failover-cluster/pom.xml b/enterprise/client-failover-cluster/pom.xml
index 57828b3cf..fb9c382ff 100644
--- a/enterprise/client-failover-cluster/pom.xml
+++ b/enterprise/client-failover-cluster/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/enterprise/client-ssl/pom.xml b/enterprise/client-ssl/pom.xml
index 6b48634bd..ce362f30f 100644
--- a/enterprise/client-ssl/pom.xml
+++ b/enterprise/client-ssl/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
 
diff --git a/enterprise/client-token-credentials/pom.xml b/enterprise/client-token-credentials/pom.xml
index 9562e035c..29f03ad8a 100644
--- a/enterprise/client-token-credentials/pom.xml
+++ b/enterprise/client-token-credentials/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/enterprise/hd-imap/pom.xml b/enterprise/hd-imap/pom.xml
index bff0356f1..6f2de225a 100644
--- a/enterprise/hd-imap/pom.xml
+++ b/enterprise/hd-imap/pom.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/enterprise/hd-memory-client-server/hd-memory-examples-client/pom.xml b/enterprise/hd-memory-client-server/hd-memory-examples-client/pom.xml
index e58bf8967..a36a0d4a5 100644
--- a/enterprise/hd-memory-client-server/hd-memory-examples-client/pom.xml
+++ b/enterprise/hd-memory-client-server/hd-memory-examples-client/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/enterprise/hd-memory-client-server/hd-memory-examples-server/pom.xml b/enterprise/hd-memory-client-server/hd-memory-examples-server/pom.xml
index 1db0ed642..9f2e6c24e 100644
--- a/enterprise/hd-memory-client-server/hd-memory-examples-server/pom.xml
+++ b/enterprise/hd-memory-client-server/hd-memory-examples-server/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/enterprise/hd-memory-client-server/pom.xml b/enterprise/hd-memory-client-server/pom.xml
index c609df3d0..cfa1ecc4a 100644
--- a/enterprise/hd-memory-client-server/pom.xml
+++ b/enterprise/hd-memory-client-server/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <modules>
diff --git a/enterprise/hidensity-cache/pom.xml b/enterprise/hidensity-cache/pom.xml
index 33bab3bdc..be2b8f89d 100644
--- a/enterprise/hidensity-cache/pom.xml
+++ b/enterprise/hidensity-cache/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
         <jsr107.api.version>1.1.1</jsr107.api.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/enterprise/hot-restart/pom.xml b/enterprise/hot-restart/pom.xml
index 876eb3be6..291ea6485 100644
--- a/enterprise/hot-restart/pom.xml
+++ b/enterprise/hot-restart/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/enterprise/kerberos-authentication-docker-compose/timestamp-client/pom.xml b/enterprise/kerberos-authentication-docker-compose/timestamp-client/pom.xml
index e8a571022..a8b2b605d 100644
--- a/enterprise/kerberos-authentication-docker-compose/timestamp-client/pom.xml
+++ b/enterprise/kerberos-authentication-docker-compose/timestamp-client/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
     <name>Hazelcast timestamp client</name>
 
     <properties>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/enterprise/ldap-authentication/pom.xml b/enterprise/ldap-authentication/pom.xml
index 113ccf99e..46928c6da 100644
--- a/enterprise/ldap-authentication/pom.xml
+++ b/enterprise/ldap-authentication/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <version.org.apache.ds>2.0.0-M24</version.org.apache.ds>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/enterprise/pcf-tls-integration/pom.xml b/enterprise/pcf-tls-integration/pom.xml
index 50d4fdd9c..867ef5b89 100644
--- a/enterprise/pcf-tls-integration/pom.xml
+++ b/enterprise/pcf-tls-integration/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
     <groupId>com.hazelcast.samples</groupId>
     <artifactId>pcf-tls-integration</artifactId>
-    <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <description>A sample Spring Boot Application to demonstrate integration with Hazelcast for PCF with TLS enabled</description>
 
     <parent>
@@ -20,7 +19,6 @@
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
 
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <!-- adding SpringBoot BOM -->
diff --git a/enterprise/pom.xml b/enterprise/pom.xml
index bec9be425..8439a88ee 100644
--- a/enterprise/pom.xml
+++ b/enterprise/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <modules>
diff --git a/enterprise/security-interceptor/pom.xml b/enterprise/security-interceptor/pom.xml
index ae60c829e..93f0a9490 100644
--- a/enterprise/security-interceptor/pom.xml
+++ b/enterprise/security-interceptor/pom.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/enterprise/simple-authentication/pom.xml b/enterprise/simple-authentication/pom.xml
index 64ea8396e..1a44f2b15 100644
--- a/enterprise/simple-authentication/pom.xml
+++ b/enterprise/simple-authentication/pom.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/enterprise/socket-interceptor/pom.xml b/enterprise/socket-interceptor/pom.xml
index d8248eb67..0afb91d40 100644
--- a/enterprise/socket-interceptor/pom.xml
+++ b/enterprise/socket-interceptor/pom.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/enterprise/ssl/pom.xml b/enterprise/ssl/pom.xml
index b43441362..5bd56c452 100644
--- a/enterprise/ssl/pom.xml
+++ b/enterprise/ssl/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/enterprise/symmetric-encryption/pom.xml b/enterprise/symmetric-encryption/pom.xml
index 8638d131c..5ddfc6dc3 100644
--- a/enterprise/symmetric-encryption/pom.xml
+++ b/enterprise/symmetric-encryption/pom.xml
@@ -16,6 +16,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/enterprise/tiered-store/pom.xml b/enterprise/tiered-store/pom.xml
index f3d64a829..dc34ff1ec 100644
--- a/enterprise/tiered-store/pom.xml
+++ b/enterprise/tiered-store/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/enterprise/tls-rbac-demo/pom.xml b/enterprise/tls-rbac-demo/pom.xml
index f7ff37d32..af814b87a 100644
--- a/enterprise/tls-rbac-demo/pom.xml
+++ b/enterprise/tls-rbac-demo/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 
     <properties>
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/enterprise/user-code-namespaces/user-code-namespaces-client/pom.xml b/enterprise/user-code-namespaces/user-code-namespaces-client/pom.xml
index fdc1df29c..752712f28 100644
--- a/enterprise/user-code-namespaces/user-code-namespaces-client/pom.xml
+++ b/enterprise/user-code-namespaces/user-code-namespaces-client/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/enterprise/user-code-namespaces/user-code-namespaces-member/pom.xml b/enterprise/user-code-namespaces/user-code-namespaces-member/pom.xml
index 35dfef9c7..456a441a4 100644
--- a/enterprise/user-code-namespaces/user-code-namespaces-member/pom.xml
+++ b/enterprise/user-code-namespaces/user-code-namespaces-member/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/enterprise/wan-replication/basic-sample/pom.xml b/enterprise/wan-replication/basic-sample/pom.xml
index 1fc8eb4ff..a175eccda 100644
--- a/enterprise/wan-replication/basic-sample/pom.xml
+++ b/enterprise/wan-replication/basic-sample/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/enterprise/wan-replication/interactive-sample/pom.xml b/enterprise/wan-replication/interactive-sample/pom.xml
index f0b10a001..0b63c2345 100644
--- a/enterprise/wan-replication/interactive-sample/pom.xml
+++ b/enterprise/wan-replication/interactive-sample/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/enterprise/wan-replication/simulating-max-idle/pom.xml b/enterprise/wan-replication/simulating-max-idle/pom.xml
index fe55ceb21..bbe90428f 100644
--- a/enterprise/wan-replication/simulating-max-idle/pom.xml
+++ b/enterprise/wan-replication/simulating-max-idle/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/generic-record/generic-record-client/pom.xml b/generic-record/generic-record-client/pom.xml
index 7a13d1b87..857338a48 100644
--- a/generic-record/generic-record-client/pom.xml
+++ b/generic-record/generic-record-client/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
     
     <artifactId>generic-recod-client</artifactId>
diff --git a/generic-record/generic-record-cluster/pom.xml b/generic-record/generic-record-cluster/pom.xml
index ad25c94f7..be1368558 100644
--- a/generic-record/generic-record-cluster/pom.xml
+++ b/generic-record/generic-record-cluster/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/generic-record/pom.xml b/generic-record/pom.xml
index 87be51080..05082f918 100644
--- a/generic-record/pom.xml
+++ b/generic-record/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/hazelcast-integration/dynacache/pom.xml b/hazelcast-integration/dynacache/pom.xml
index c66241611..e0fa1b347 100644
--- a/hazelcast-integration/dynacache/pom.xml
+++ b/hazelcast-integration/dynacache/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/hazelcast-integration/eureka/pom.xml b/hazelcast-integration/eureka/pom.xml
index cfc134a3f..a7b3c1120 100644
--- a/hazelcast-integration/eureka/pom.xml
+++ b/hazelcast-integration/eureka/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <modules>
diff --git a/hazelcast-integration/filter-based-session-replication/pom.xml b/hazelcast-integration/filter-based-session-replication/pom.xml
index b1dac9cd2..7cedb6f35 100644
--- a/hazelcast-integration/filter-based-session-replication/pom.xml
+++ b/hazelcast-integration/filter-based-session-replication/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/hazelcast-integration/hibernate-2ndlevel-cache/pom.xml b/hazelcast-integration/hibernate-2ndlevel-cache/pom.xml
index fdf011671..ce5cc7264 100644
--- a/hazelcast-integration/hibernate-2ndlevel-cache/pom.xml
+++ b/hazelcast-integration/hibernate-2ndlevel-cache/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <hibernate.version>6.1.3.Final</hibernate.version>
         <h2db.version>2.2.224</h2db.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/hazelcast-integration/hikari-connection-pool/pom.xml b/hazelcast-integration/hikari-connection-pool/pom.xml
index 336ad455f..39b8094dc 100644
--- a/hazelcast-integration/hikari-connection-pool/pom.xml
+++ b/hazelcast-integration/hikari-connection-pool/pom.xml
@@ -16,10 +16,6 @@
 
     <properties>
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-
-        <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/hazelcast-integration/jca-ra/pom.xml b/hazelcast-integration/jca-ra/pom.xml
index f0ddb8b13..c454429c5 100644
--- a/hazelcast-integration/jca-ra/pom.xml
+++ b/hazelcast-integration/jca-ra/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
         <version.jboss.maven.plugin>7.1.1.Final</version.jboss.maven.plugin>
         <version.jboss.spec.javaee.6.0>3.0.2.Final</version.jboss.spec.javaee.6.0>
diff --git a/hazelcast-integration/kubernetes/pom.xml b/hazelcast-integration/kubernetes/pom.xml
index 89deeaf57..a0d983f85 100644
--- a/hazelcast-integration/kubernetes/pom.xml
+++ b/hazelcast-integration/kubernetes/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <modules>
diff --git a/hazelcast-integration/kubernetes/samples/pom.xml b/hazelcast-integration/kubernetes/samples/pom.xml
index 60ac8234f..cbfbfebbe 100644
--- a/hazelcast-integration/kubernetes/samples/pom.xml
+++ b/hazelcast-integration/kubernetes/samples/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <modules>
diff --git a/hazelcast-integration/kubernetes/samples/springboot-k8s-hello-world/pom.xml b/hazelcast-integration/kubernetes/samples/springboot-k8s-hello-world/pom.xml
index 7ece2234e..f6129e426 100644
--- a/hazelcast-integration/kubernetes/samples/springboot-k8s-hello-world/pom.xml
+++ b/hazelcast-integration/kubernetes/samples/springboot-k8s-hello-world/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
         <docker.image.prefix>${project.artifactId}</docker.image.prefix>
 
diff --git a/hazelcast-integration/manager-based-session-replication/pom.xml b/hazelcast-integration/manager-based-session-replication/pom.xml
index ce02b9f35..c277b0f98 100644
--- a/hazelcast-integration/manager-based-session-replication/pom.xml
+++ b/hazelcast-integration/manager-based-session-replication/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
     <artifactId>manager-based-session-replication</artifactId>
     <groupId>com</groupId>
-    <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <name>Manager Based Session Replication Example</name>
     <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
 
@@ -20,7 +19,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/hazelcast-integration/openshift/client-apps/ocp-demo-frontend/pom.xml b/hazelcast-integration/openshift/client-apps/ocp-demo-frontend/pom.xml
index 72d945020..645a46761 100644
--- a/hazelcast-integration/openshift/client-apps/ocp-demo-frontend/pom.xml
+++ b/hazelcast-integration/openshift/client-apps/ocp-demo-frontend/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
     <artifactId>ocp-demo-frontend</artifactId>
     <name>ocp-demo-frontend</name>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
-    <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
     <parent>
         <artifactId>client-apps</artifactId>
@@ -16,7 +15,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/hazelcast-integration/openshift/client-apps/ocp-entry-processor/pom.xml b/hazelcast-integration/openshift/client-apps/ocp-entry-processor/pom.xml
index ac25ce824..445c7a3f4 100644
--- a/hazelcast-integration/openshift/client-apps/ocp-entry-processor/pom.xml
+++ b/hazelcast-integration/openshift/client-apps/ocp-entry-processor/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/hazelcast-integration/openshift/client-apps/pom.xml b/hazelcast-integration/openshift/client-apps/pom.xml
index 45d4f6427..5090a8aaf 100644
--- a/hazelcast-integration/openshift/client-apps/pom.xml
+++ b/hazelcast-integration/openshift/client-apps/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 
         <spring.version>4.3.7.RELEASE</spring.version>
diff --git a/hazelcast-integration/pom.xml b/hazelcast-integration/pom.xml
index 171351cf4..bafe1b005 100644
--- a/hazelcast-integration/pom.xml
+++ b/hazelcast-integration/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <modules>
diff --git a/helper/pom.xml b/helper/pom.xml
index 0a3636f20..fac692563 100644
--- a/helper/pom.xml
+++ b/helper/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/jcache-1.1/pom.xml b/jcache-1.1/pom.xml
index c130a2db2..ec8b6ab08 100644
--- a/jcache-1.1/pom.xml
+++ b/jcache-1.1/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <modules>
diff --git a/jcache-1.1/times-table/jcache-common/pom.xml b/jcache-1.1/times-table/jcache-common/pom.xml
index 17afe3d5e..a65e6a190 100644
--- a/jcache-1.1/times-table/jcache-common/pom.xml
+++ b/jcache-1.1/times-table/jcache-common/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/jcache-1.1/times-table/jcache-server/pom.xml b/jcache-1.1/times-table/jcache-server/pom.xml
index 508a1ee0d..94277195a 100644
--- a/jcache-1.1/times-table/jcache-server/pom.xml
+++ b/jcache-1.1/times-table/jcache-server/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/jcache-1.1/times-table/jcache-spring/pom.xml b/jcache-1.1/times-table/jcache-spring/pom.xml
index 52ad4b923..8b45ebb5f 100644
--- a/jcache-1.1/times-table/jcache-spring/pom.xml
+++ b/jcache-1.1/times-table/jcache-spring/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/jcache-1.1/times-table/jcache-standard/pom.xml b/jcache-1.1/times-table/jcache-standard/pom.xml
index a64438cde..4381f7188 100644
--- a/jcache-1.1/times-table/jcache-standard/pom.xml
+++ b/jcache-1.1/times-table/jcache-standard/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/jcache-1.1/times-table/pom.xml b/jcache-1.1/times-table/pom.xml
index bc0ae4f2a..998fc62b9 100644
--- a/jcache-1.1/times-table/pom.xml
+++ b/jcache-1.1/times-table/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
         <!-- these versions are set by the build profile, see the bottom of this file -->
         <hazelcast.version>${profile.hazelcast.version}</hazelcast.version>
diff --git a/jcache/pom.xml b/jcache/pom.xml
index 9cddfdc3e..9ad891934 100644
--- a/jcache/pom.xml
+++ b/jcache/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
         <jsr107.api.version>1.1.1</jsr107.api.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/jet/cdc/pom.xml b/jet/cdc/pom.xml
index b73a1807b..1c7e5c996 100644
--- a/jet/cdc/pom.xml
+++ b/jet/cdc/pom.xml
@@ -61,6 +61,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/jet/co-group/pom.xml b/jet/co-group/pom.xml
index 24f23ade5..d7f082df2 100644
--- a/jet/co-group/pom.xml
+++ b/jet/co-group/pom.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/jet/early-window-results/pom.xml b/jet/early-window-results/pom.xml
index c6b27634b..f83579f9d 100644
--- a/jet/early-window-results/pom.xml
+++ b/jet/early-window-results/pom.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/jet/elastic/pom.xml b/jet/elastic/pom.xml
index 2bdec9e55..30628f054 100644
--- a/jet/elastic/pom.xml
+++ b/jet/elastic/pom.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/jet/enrichment/pom.xml b/jet/enrichment/pom.xml
index 1428bd576..07bc615e8 100644
--- a/jet/enrichment/pom.xml
+++ b/jet/enrichment/pom.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/jet/event-journal/pom.xml b/jet/event-journal/pom.xml
index 7b0e7fecf..e84be0a93 100644
--- a/jet/event-journal/pom.xml
+++ b/jet/event-journal/pom.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/jet/fault-tolerance/pom.xml b/jet/fault-tolerance/pom.xml
index 77f59ec44..8c65e1e77 100644
--- a/jet/fault-tolerance/pom.xml
+++ b/jet/fault-tolerance/pom.xml
@@ -30,6 +30,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/jet/files-cloud/pom.xml b/jet/files-cloud/pom.xml
index 35665f2c4..a524e8c10 100644
--- a/jet/files-cloud/pom.xml
+++ b/jet/files-cloud/pom.xml
@@ -53,6 +53,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/jet/files/pom.xml b/jet/files/pom.xml
index 16b94ff8f..c928c0da0 100644
--- a/jet/files/pom.xml
+++ b/jet/files/pom.xml
@@ -90,6 +90,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/jet/grpc/pom.xml b/jet/grpc/pom.xml
index 1f3f1de47..771b41a30 100644
--- a/jet/grpc/pom.xml
+++ b/jet/grpc/pom.xml
@@ -76,6 +76,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/jet/hadoop/pom.xml b/jet/hadoop/pom.xml
index a983b5127..0d4e1d671 100644
--- a/jet/hadoop/pom.xml
+++ b/jet/hadoop/pom.xml
@@ -140,6 +140,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/jet/hazelcast-connectors/pom.xml b/jet/hazelcast-connectors/pom.xml
index b15112eb3..0d4a31513 100644
--- a/jet/hazelcast-connectors/pom.xml
+++ b/jet/hazelcast-connectors/pom.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/jet/hello-world/pom.xml b/jet/hello-world/pom.xml
index a816dc976..a11055bb9 100644
--- a/jet/hello-world/pom.xml
+++ b/jet/hello-world/pom.xml
@@ -48,6 +48,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/jet/jdbc/pom.xml b/jet/jdbc/pom.xml
index 18c0312b2..8d75589a6 100644
--- a/jet/jdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/jet/jdbc/pom.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/jet/jms/pom.xml b/jet/jms/pom.xml
index c1da39656..98cadfc3f 100644
--- a/jet/jms/pom.xml
+++ b/jet/jms/pom.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <artemis.version>2.29.0</artemis.version>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/jet/job-management/pom.xml b/jet/job-management/pom.xml
index a1de891c0..4aa553099 100644
--- a/jet/job-management/pom.xml
+++ b/jet/job-management/pom.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/jet/kafka-connect/pom.xml b/jet/kafka-connect/pom.xml
index 449e13c2b..f15e79646 100644
--- a/jet/kafka-connect/pom.xml
+++ b/jet/kafka-connect/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>com.hazelcast</groupId>
     <artifactId>jet-kafka-connect</artifactId>
-    <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.hazelcast.samples.jet</groupId>
         <artifactId>jet</artifactId>
@@ -13,7 +12,6 @@
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <properties>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
     </properties>
diff --git a/jet/kafka/pom.xml b/jet/kafka/pom.xml
index fee2ba78a..c79a239db 100644
--- a/jet/kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/jet/kafka/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
         <confluent.version>5.5.3</confluent.version>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <repositories>
diff --git a/jet/mongodb/pom.xml b/jet/mongodb/pom.xml
index 280de7c4b..19a43e536 100644
--- a/jet/mongodb/pom.xml
+++ b/jet/mongodb/pom.xml
@@ -34,9 +34,7 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
-        <java-version>17</java-version>
         <testcontainers.version>1.18.0</testcontainers.version>
         <log4j2.version>2.20.0</log4j2.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/jet/pattern-matching/pom.xml b/jet/pattern-matching/pom.xml
index 893548ea3..f9298fb18 100644
--- a/jet/pattern-matching/pom.xml
+++ b/jet/pattern-matching/pom.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/jet/pom.xml b/jet/pom.xml
index 0aae7cead..6a17df10d 100644
--- a/jet/pom.xml
+++ b/jet/pom.xml
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/jet/protobuf/pom.xml b/jet/protobuf/pom.xml
index c7f9028e3..68079fef4 100644
--- a/jet/protobuf/pom.xml
+++ b/jet/protobuf/pom.xml
@@ -67,6 +67,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/jet/python/pom.xml b/jet/python/pom.xml
index e77ccbc29..8528511ce 100644
--- a/jet/python/pom.xml
+++ b/jet/python/pom.xml
@@ -61,6 +61,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/jet/return-results/pom.xml b/jet/return-results/pom.xml
index 028a99e32..5dc4d9f9c 100644
--- a/jet/return-results/pom.xml
+++ b/jet/return-results/pom.xml
@@ -38,6 +38,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/jet/rolling-aggregation/pom.xml b/jet/rolling-aggregation/pom.xml
index fe920829a..aac1d1873 100644
--- a/jet/rolling-aggregation/pom.xml
+++ b/jet/rolling-aggregation/pom.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/jet/session-windows/pom.xml b/jet/session-windows/pom.xml
index a9c60105b..43a456ad5 100644
--- a/jet/session-windows/pom.xml
+++ b/jet/session-windows/pom.xml
@@ -30,6 +30,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/jet/sliding-windows/pom.xml b/jet/sliding-windows/pom.xml
index 93e795eac..21a77cfc2 100644
--- a/jet/sliding-windows/pom.xml
+++ b/jet/sliding-windows/pom.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/jet/sockets/pom.xml b/jet/sockets/pom.xml
index 0ab1c2a28..7e0c8a9d4 100644
--- a/jet/sockets/pom.xml
+++ b/jet/sockets/pom.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/jet/source-sink-builder/pom.xml b/jet/source-sink-builder/pom.xml
index eba2b48fc..aee05eef7 100644
--- a/jet/source-sink-builder/pom.xml
+++ b/jet/source-sink-builder/pom.xml
@@ -55,6 +55,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/jet/tf-idf/pom.xml b/jet/tf-idf/pom.xml
index 998460495..a4cafeed9 100644
--- a/jet/tf-idf/pom.xml
+++ b/jet/tf-idf/pom.xml
@@ -38,6 +38,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/jet/trade-source/pom.xml b/jet/trade-source/pom.xml
index 015d2f2db..b4dc0010e 100644
--- a/jet/trade-source/pom.xml
+++ b/jet/trade-source/pom.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/jet/wordcount-compute-isolation/pom.xml b/jet/wordcount-compute-isolation/pom.xml
index ba0f138a6..810544bc9 100644
--- a/jet/wordcount-compute-isolation/pom.xml
+++ b/jet/wordcount-compute-isolation/pom.xml
@@ -83,6 +83,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/jet/wordcount/pom.xml b/jet/wordcount/pom.xml
index 42716ec59..2efe5916f 100644
--- a/jet/wordcount/pom.xml
+++ b/jet/wordcount/pom.xml
@@ -48,6 +48,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/jmx/pom.xml b/jmx/pom.xml
index 33f45ad82..c9d47d4fc 100644
--- a/jmx/pom.xml
+++ b/jmx/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/json/jsongrid/jsongrid-client-java/pom.xml b/json/jsongrid/jsongrid-client-java/pom.xml
index e6f705097..a4b34f705 100644
--- a/json/jsongrid/jsongrid-client-java/pom.xml
+++ b/json/jsongrid/jsongrid-client-java/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/json/jsongrid/jsongrid-database-tester/pom.xml b/json/jsongrid/jsongrid-database-tester/pom.xml
index b26f6193c..e270fa48d 100644
--- a/json/jsongrid/jsongrid-database-tester/pom.xml
+++ b/json/jsongrid/jsongrid-database-tester/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/json/jsongrid/jsongrid-database/pom.xml b/json/jsongrid/jsongrid-database/pom.xml
index fc9bb8d15..9a4941fb3 100644
--- a/json/jsongrid/jsongrid-database/pom.xml
+++ b/json/jsongrid/jsongrid-database/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/json/jsongrid/jsongrid-server/pom.xml b/json/jsongrid/jsongrid-server/pom.xml
index f59f48643..bdbb906c6 100644
--- a/json/jsongrid/jsongrid-server/pom.xml
+++ b/json/jsongrid/jsongrid-server/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/json/jsongrid/pom.xml b/json/jsongrid/pom.xml
index 521d6011e..3188d6c9a 100644
--- a/json/jsongrid/pom.xml
+++ b/json/jsongrid/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <modules>
diff --git a/json/pom.xml b/json/pom.xml
index 033163c36..86b4c0d1c 100644
--- a/json/pom.xml
+++ b/json/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <modules>
diff --git a/learning-basics/configure-datastructures-at-runtime/pom.xml b/learning-basics/configure-datastructures-at-runtime/pom.xml
index f2fac11e7..fe9bb5d7c 100644
--- a/learning-basics/configure-datastructures-at-runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/learning-basics/configure-datastructures-at-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 
     <properties>
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <profiles>
diff --git a/learning-basics/configure-logging/pom.xml b/learning-basics/configure-logging/pom.xml
index e6af9d7d6..d10fcb6d1 100644
--- a/learning-basics/configure-logging/pom.xml
+++ b/learning-basics/configure-logging/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
         <log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>
         <slf4j.api.version>1.6.6</slf4j.api.version>
diff --git a/learning-basics/configure-programmatic/pom.xml b/learning-basics/configure-programmatic/pom.xml
index 4f3982aaf..e0bd6f82a 100644
--- a/learning-basics/configure-programmatic/pom.xml
+++ b/learning-basics/configure-programmatic/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/learning-basics/configure-xml/pom.xml b/learning-basics/configure-xml/pom.xml
index 2b7c370d4..fa933ad6c 100644
--- a/learning-basics/configure-xml/pom.xml
+++ b/learning-basics/configure-xml/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/learning-basics/configure-yaml/pom.xml b/learning-basics/configure-yaml/pom.xml
index 53f36e386..9456a7de2 100644
--- a/learning-basics/configure-yaml/pom.xml
+++ b/learning-basics/configure-yaml/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/learning-basics/destroying-instances/pom.xml b/learning-basics/destroying-instances/pom.xml
index f1a009ae1..e196c6fce 100644
--- a/learning-basics/destroying-instances/pom.xml
+++ b/learning-basics/destroying-instances/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/learning-basics/loading-instances/pom.xml b/learning-basics/loading-instances/pom.xml
index 42bf5d25f..c2c1fab3f 100644
--- a/learning-basics/loading-instances/pom.xml
+++ b/learning-basics/loading-instances/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/learning-basics/multiple-hazelcast-instances/pom.xml b/learning-basics/multiple-hazelcast-instances/pom.xml
index 7350dae7d..0a1bd4ced 100644
--- a/learning-basics/multiple-hazelcast-instances/pom.xml
+++ b/learning-basics/multiple-hazelcast-instances/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/learning-basics/pom.xml b/learning-basics/pom.xml
index fcc62a7f2..664a5d771 100644
--- a/learning-basics/pom.xml
+++ b/learning-basics/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <modules>
diff --git a/learning-basics/unique-names/pom.xml b/learning-basics/unique-names/pom.xml
index ed174e06d..732f9820b 100644
--- a/learning-basics/unique-names/pom.xml
+++ b/learning-basics/unique-names/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/learning-basics/wildcard-configuration/pom.xml b/learning-basics/wildcard-configuration/pom.xml
index a1951a170..bfbe72be0 100644
--- a/learning-basics/wildcard-configuration/pom.xml
+++ b/learning-basics/wildcard-configuration/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/monitoring/cluster-safety/pom.xml b/monitoring/cluster-safety/pom.xml
index e181a5de5..f1b434f84 100644
--- a/monitoring/cluster-safety/pom.xml
+++ b/monitoring/cluster-safety/pom.xml
@@ -18,6 +18,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/monitoring/pom.xml b/monitoring/pom.xml
index ca1e5b0e9..69d84d494 100644
--- a/monitoring/pom.xml
+++ b/monitoring/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <modules>
diff --git a/near-cache/fraud-detection/fraud-detection-client-common/pom.xml b/near-cache/fraud-detection/fraud-detection-client-common/pom.xml
index cf167dcd6..f730fc71c 100644
--- a/near-cache/fraud-detection/fraud-detection-client-common/pom.xml
+++ b/near-cache/fraud-detection/fraud-detection-client-common/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
         <build.timestamp>${maven.build.timestamp}</build.timestamp>
         <maven.build.timestamp.format>yyyyMMddHHmmss</maven.build.timestamp.format>
diff --git a/near-cache/fraud-detection/fraud-detection-client-with/pom.xml b/near-cache/fraud-detection/fraud-detection-client-with/pom.xml
index 50d08d038..6f8e22578 100644
--- a/near-cache/fraud-detection/fraud-detection-client-with/pom.xml
+++ b/near-cache/fraud-detection/fraud-detection-client-with/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/near-cache/fraud-detection/fraud-detection-client-without/pom.xml b/near-cache/fraud-detection/fraud-detection-client-without/pom.xml
index 5b14c1509..852136716 100644
--- a/near-cache/fraud-detection/fraud-detection-client-without/pom.xml
+++ b/near-cache/fraud-detection/fraud-detection-client-without/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/near-cache/fraud-detection/fraud-detection-common/pom.xml b/near-cache/fraud-detection/fraud-detection-common/pom.xml
index 27d09556f..0871946fc 100644
--- a/near-cache/fraud-detection/fraud-detection-common/pom.xml
+++ b/near-cache/fraud-detection/fraud-detection-common/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/near-cache/fraud-detection/fraud-detection-server/pom.xml b/near-cache/fraud-detection/fraud-detection-server/pom.xml
index a7d9a44a4..707b060ed 100644
--- a/near-cache/fraud-detection/fraud-detection-server/pom.xml
+++ b/near-cache/fraud-detection/fraud-detection-server/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/near-cache/fraud-detection/pom.xml b/near-cache/fraud-detection/pom.xml
index fc65465b8..f8aa6e646 100644
--- a/near-cache/fraud-detection/pom.xml
+++ b/near-cache/fraud-detection/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <modules>
diff --git a/near-cache/pom.xml b/near-cache/pom.xml
index 6e685c2bb..1f55dd203 100644
--- a/near-cache/pom.xml
+++ b/near-cache/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <modules>
diff --git a/network-configuration/advanced-network-configuration/pom.xml b/network-configuration/advanced-network-configuration/pom.xml
index 997f7afe8..48270a6d4 100644
--- a/network-configuration/advanced-network-configuration/pom.xml
+++ b/network-configuration/advanced-network-configuration/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 
     <properties>
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/network-configuration/aws/pom.xml b/network-configuration/aws/pom.xml
index a5c61d348..c1772dccb 100644
--- a/network-configuration/aws/pom.xml
+++ b/network-configuration/aws/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/network-configuration/firewall/pom.xml b/network-configuration/firewall/pom.xml
index 250addb9b..8f4f6a111 100644
--- a/network-configuration/firewall/pom.xml
+++ b/network-configuration/firewall/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/network-configuration/groups/group1/pom.xml b/network-configuration/groups/group1/pom.xml
index bb83b7d41..07da2952c 100644
--- a/network-configuration/groups/group1/pom.xml
+++ b/network-configuration/groups/group1/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/network-configuration/groups/group2/pom.xml b/network-configuration/groups/group2/pom.xml
index ac60fd45a..548ad5990 100644
--- a/network-configuration/groups/group2/pom.xml
+++ b/network-configuration/groups/group2/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/network-configuration/groups/pom.xml b/network-configuration/groups/pom.xml
index 297683eeb..0e17fa452 100644
--- a/network-configuration/groups/pom.xml
+++ b/network-configuration/groups/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <modules>
diff --git a/network-configuration/jclouds-partitiongroup/pom.xml b/network-configuration/jclouds-partitiongroup/pom.xml
index b6018fa4c..685531334 100644
--- a/network-configuration/jclouds-partitiongroup/pom.xml
+++ b/network-configuration/jclouds-partitiongroup/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
         <jclouds.version>1.9.1</jclouds.version>
         <hazelcast.version>3.12.6</hazelcast.version>
diff --git a/network-configuration/jclouds/pom.xml b/network-configuration/jclouds/pom.xml
index 8d8f3441b..946153474 100644
--- a/network-configuration/jclouds/pom.xml
+++ b/network-configuration/jclouds/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
         <jclouds.version>1.9.1</jclouds.version>
         <hazelcast.version>3.12.6</hazelcast.version>
diff --git a/network-configuration/multicast-plugin/pom.xml b/network-configuration/multicast-plugin/pom.xml
index 74a822a72..163ad6268 100644
--- a/network-configuration/multicast-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/network-configuration/multicast-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/network-configuration/multicast/pom.xml b/network-configuration/multicast/pom.xml
index 47177e40b..b38a91c1f 100644
--- a/network-configuration/multicast/pom.xml
+++ b/network-configuration/multicast/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/network-configuration/partitiongroup/pom.xml b/network-configuration/partitiongroup/pom.xml
index e85615d31..aeffe7c17 100644
--- a/network-configuration/partitiongroup/pom.xml
+++ b/network-configuration/partitiongroup/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/network-configuration/pom.xml b/network-configuration/pom.xml
index 827337ad6..d94381bf3 100644
--- a/network-configuration/pom.xml
+++ b/network-configuration/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <modules>
diff --git a/network-configuration/port/pom.xml b/network-configuration/port/pom.xml
index 7427142a9..1c3efde59 100644
--- a/network-configuration/port/pom.xml
+++ b/network-configuration/port/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/network-configuration/tcpip/pom.xml b/network-configuration/tcpip/pom.xml
index f689e87b1..a687272c7 100644
--- a/network-configuration/tcpip/pom.xml
+++ b/network-configuration/tcpip/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/org-website-samples/pom.xml b/org-website-samples/pom.xml
index 16c9c35cb..17f7110da 100644
--- a/org-website-samples/pom.xml
+++ b/org-website-samples/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
         <jsr107.api.version>1.1.1</jsr107.api.version>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/osgi/pom.xml b/osgi/pom.xml
index b8527d78f..1cfc4c399 100644
--- a/osgi/pom.xml
+++ b/osgi/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
         <osgi.version>6.0.0</osgi.version>
         <felix.version>5.4.0</felix.version>
diff --git a/partition/pom.xml b/partition/pom.xml
index 5b9c5b81e..9138b9592 100644
--- a/partition/pom.xml
+++ b/partition/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/pipeline/pom.xml b/pipeline/pom.xml
index 722626a56..106043a62 100644
--- a/pipeline/pom.xml
+++ b/pipeline/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/querying/pom.xml b/querying/pom.xml
index bf70a71aa..6abbe9963 100644
--- a/querying/pom.xml
+++ b/querying/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <modules>
diff --git a/querying/project-key/pom.xml b/querying/project-key/pom.xml
index 99cc61848..27530eb15 100644
--- a/querying/project-key/pom.xml
+++ b/querying/project-key/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
         <hazelcast.version>3.9</hazelcast.version>
         <hazelcast-jet.version>3.2.2</hazelcast-jet.version>
diff --git a/replicated-map/basics/pom.xml b/replicated-map/basics/pom.xml
index 9ebbb2153..6fe59082f 100644
--- a/replicated-map/basics/pom.xml
+++ b/replicated-map/basics/pom.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/replicated-map/entry-listener/pom.xml b/replicated-map/entry-listener/pom.xml
index cd62272e8..0edcffbba 100644
--- a/replicated-map/entry-listener/pom.xml
+++ b/replicated-map/entry-listener/pom.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/replicated-map/in-memory-format/pom.xml b/replicated-map/in-memory-format/pom.xml
index c80ab83ca..531b96c37 100644
--- a/replicated-map/in-memory-format/pom.xml
+++ b/replicated-map/in-memory-format/pom.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/replicated-map/pom.xml b/replicated-map/pom.xml
index c5a0a3a13..fb00f2272 100644
--- a/replicated-map/pom.xml
+++ b/replicated-map/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <modules>
diff --git a/serialization/benchmarks/pom.xml b/serialization/benchmarks/pom.xml
index 28c07debf..aaea81cb8 100644
--- a/serialization/benchmarks/pom.xml
+++ b/serialization/benchmarks/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
         <grpc.version>1.47.0</grpc.version>
         <javax.annotation-api.version>1.3.2</javax.annotation-api.version>
@@ -32,7 +31,6 @@
         <maven-assembly-plugin.version>3.3.0</maven-assembly-plugin.version>
         <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.8.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
         <os-maven-plugin.version>1.7.0</os-maven-plugin.version>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <protobuf.version>3.21.7</protobuf.version>
         <protobuf-maven-plugin.version>0.6.1</protobuf-maven-plugin.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.30</slf4j.version>
diff --git a/serialization/bytearray-serializer/pom.xml b/serialization/bytearray-serializer/pom.xml
index 51ed490f7..8068a24ae 100644
--- a/serialization/bytearray-serializer/pom.xml
+++ b/serialization/bytearray-serializer/pom.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/serialization/compact/pom.xml b/serialization/compact/pom.xml
index d35e43671..fcb4af059 100644
--- a/serialization/compact/pom.xml
+++ b/serialization/compact/pom.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/serialization/data-serializable/pom.xml b/serialization/data-serializable/pom.xml
index a9569a4ed..260dce5ed 100644
--- a/serialization/data-serializable/pom.xml
+++ b/serialization/data-serializable/pom.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/serialization/externalizable/pom.xml b/serialization/externalizable/pom.xml
index 768b94ff8..465fa6a77 100644
--- a/serialization/externalizable/pom.xml
+++ b/serialization/externalizable/pom.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/serialization/global-serializer/pom.xml b/serialization/global-serializer/pom.xml
index 0b77f5401..5d9e2d18a 100644
--- a/serialization/global-serializer/pom.xml
+++ b/serialization/global-serializer/pom.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/serialization/hazelcast-airlines/grid-node/pom.xml b/serialization/hazelcast-airlines/grid-node/pom.xml
index 6e0cee095..120b4604d 100644
--- a/serialization/hazelcast-airlines/grid-node/pom.xml
+++ b/serialization/hazelcast-airlines/grid-node/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/serialization/hazelcast-airlines/pom.xml b/serialization/hazelcast-airlines/pom.xml
index 5fff03e22..f617115df 100644
--- a/serialization/hazelcast-airlines/pom.xml
+++ b/serialization/hazelcast-airlines/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
         <hazelcast.version>5.5.0</hazelcast.version>
         <kryo.version>4.0.0</kryo.version>
diff --git a/serialization/hazelcast-airlines/the-code/pom.xml b/serialization/hazelcast-airlines/the-code/pom.xml
index a7781717e..6c900c9d9 100644
--- a/serialization/hazelcast-airlines/the-code/pom.xml
+++ b/serialization/hazelcast-airlines/the-code/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/serialization/hazelcast-instance-aware/pom.xml b/serialization/hazelcast-instance-aware/pom.xml
index 5e921eb49..c91432d4e 100644
--- a/serialization/hazelcast-instance-aware/pom.xml
+++ b/serialization/hazelcast-instance-aware/pom.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/serialization/identified-data-serializable/pom.xml b/serialization/identified-data-serializable/pom.xml
index 5a5a2f637..fed83bdc2 100644
--- a/serialization/identified-data-serializable/pom.xml
+++ b/serialization/identified-data-serializable/pom.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/serialization/kryo-serializer/pom.xml b/serialization/kryo-serializer/pom.xml
index 9bbe55aba..f85d9978e 100644
--- a/serialization/kryo-serializer/pom.xml
+++ b/serialization/kryo-serializer/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/serialization/managed-context/pom.xml b/serialization/managed-context/pom.xml
index 851d251aa..42cd99750 100644
--- a/serialization/managed-context/pom.xml
+++ b/serialization/managed-context/pom.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/serialization/murmur3/pom.xml b/serialization/murmur3/pom.xml
index 7437b2520..8c1b7225b 100644
--- a/serialization/murmur3/pom.xml
+++ b/serialization/murmur3/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/serialization/pom.xml b/serialization/pom.xml
index 8d86fd7dc..905f461d2 100644
--- a/serialization/pom.xml
+++ b/serialization/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <modules>
diff --git a/serialization/portable/pom.xml b/serialization/portable/pom.xml
index 8551a103f..571aed154 100644
--- a/serialization/portable/pom.xml
+++ b/serialization/portable/pom.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/serialization/protobuf-serializer/pom.xml b/serialization/protobuf-serializer/pom.xml
index d2d4bb016..43437dfac 100644
--- a/serialization/protobuf-serializer/pom.xml
+++ b/serialization/protobuf-serializer/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/serialization/serializable/pom.xml b/serialization/serializable/pom.xml
index c337a5e3d..bba9e1359 100644
--- a/serialization/serializable/pom.xml
+++ b/serialization/serializable/pom.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/serialization/stream-serializer/pom.xml b/serialization/stream-serializer/pom.xml
index 8ecd6719e..897e192d3 100644
--- a/serialization/stream-serializer/pom.xml
+++ b/serialization/stream-serializer/pom.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/serialization/user-context/pom.xml b/serialization/user-context/pom.xml
index ca0dc3e93..d9938de12 100644
--- a/serialization/user-context/pom.xml
+++ b/serialization/user-context/pom.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/spi/discovery/pom.xml b/spi/discovery/pom.xml
index 3f58d8ba0..939fd74a8 100644
--- a/spi/discovery/pom.xml
+++ b/spi/discovery/pom.xml
@@ -18,6 +18,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/spi/pom.xml b/spi/pom.xml
index bbe7c41c4..45ee60727 100644
--- a/spi/pom.xml
+++ b/spi/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/spi/split-brain/pom.xml b/spi/split-brain/pom.xml
index 9c07aee3e..515e86b28 100644
--- a/spi/split-brain/pom.xml
+++ b/spi/split-brain/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/spi/tenant-control/pom.xml b/spi/tenant-control/pom.xml
index 38979ef80..a4578bb7a 100644
--- a/spi/tenant-control/pom.xml
+++ b/spi/tenant-control/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 
     <properties>
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/spring/pom.xml b/spring/pom.xml
index 3ad5ad374..0da836624 100644
--- a/spring/pom.xml
+++ b/spring/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
         <spring.boot.version>3.4.2</spring.boot.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/spring/spring-boot-caching-hazelcast-cache-manager/pom.xml b/spring/spring-boot-caching-hazelcast-cache-manager/pom.xml
index db3999a74..f8f7e2a87 100644
--- a/spring/spring-boot-caching-hazelcast-cache-manager/pom.xml
+++ b/spring/spring-boot-caching-hazelcast-cache-manager/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>spring-boot-caching-hazelcast-cache-manager</artifactId>
-    <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>Spring Boot Caching with Hazelcast Cache Manager</name>
 
diff --git a/spring/spring-boot-caching-jcache/pom.xml b/spring/spring-boot-caching-jcache/pom.xml
index f7a2302ff..5042de2cf 100644
--- a/spring/spring-boot-caching-jcache/pom.xml
+++ b/spring/spring-boot-caching-jcache/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>spring-boot-caching-jcache</artifactId>
-    <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
     <name>Caching with Spring Boot, JCache and Hazelcast</name>
 
diff --git a/spring/spring-configuration/pom.xml b/spring/spring-configuration/pom.xml
index 3b95f70d5..19756abad 100644
--- a/spring/spring-configuration/pom.xml
+++ b/spring/spring-configuration/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
     <artifactId>HazelcastSpring</artifactId>
     <groupId>HazelcastSpring</groupId>
-    <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <name>Hazelcast Spring Configuration Example</name>
     <url>http://hazelcast.org/</url>
 
@@ -21,7 +20,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
         <spring.version>5.2.24.RELEASE</spring.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/spring/spring-data-hazelcast-chemistry-sample/client/pom.xml b/spring/spring-data-hazelcast-chemistry-sample/client/pom.xml
index 3705e7d5a..01efe89b5 100644
--- a/spring/spring-data-hazelcast-chemistry-sample/client/pom.xml
+++ b/spring/spring-data-hazelcast-chemistry-sample/client/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/spring/spring-data-hazelcast-chemistry-sample/common/pom.xml b/spring/spring-data-hazelcast-chemistry-sample/common/pom.xml
index 82f3ad0a1..511575360 100644
--- a/spring/spring-data-hazelcast-chemistry-sample/common/pom.xml
+++ b/spring/spring-data-hazelcast-chemistry-sample/common/pom.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/spring/spring-data-hazelcast-chemistry-sample/pom.xml b/spring/spring-data-hazelcast-chemistry-sample/pom.xml
index cfa99bb01..f7fefc527 100644
--- a/spring/spring-data-hazelcast-chemistry-sample/pom.xml
+++ b/spring/spring-data-hazelcast-chemistry-sample/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 
     <groupId>com.hazelcast.samples.spring.data.chemistry</groupId>
     <artifactId>spring-data-hazelcast-chemistry-sample</artifactId>
-    <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <name>Spring Data Hazelcast Chemistry Parent (${project.packaging})</name>
@@ -19,7 +18,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
         <spring-data-hazelcast.version>2.4.0</spring-data-hazelcast.version>
         <spring-shell.version>3.4.0</spring-shell.version>
diff --git a/spring/spring-data-hazelcast-chemistry-sample/server/pom.xml b/spring/spring-data-hazelcast-chemistry-sample/server/pom.xml
index e8b005112..8ea8221a6 100644
--- a/spring/spring-data-hazelcast-chemistry-sample/server/pom.xml
+++ b/spring/spring-data-hazelcast-chemistry-sample/server/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/after/after-domain/pom.xml b/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/after/after-domain/pom.xml
index cdaf8b83b..cf160949b 100644
--- a/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/after/after-domain/pom.xml
+++ b/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/after/after-domain/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/after/after-hz-main/pom.xml b/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/after/after-hz-main/pom.xml
index cf4cf26ce..76966c548 100644
--- a/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/after/after-hz-main/pom.xml
+++ b/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/after/after-hz-main/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/after/after-jpa-repository/pom.xml b/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/after/after-jpa-repository/pom.xml
index 1df06ddc1..3518db98e 100644
--- a/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/after/after-jpa-repository/pom.xml
+++ b/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/after/after-jpa-repository/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/after/after-jpa-service/pom.xml b/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/after/after-jpa-service/pom.xml
index 1406727ac..ca9d793a9 100644
--- a/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/after/after-jpa-service/pom.xml
+++ b/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/after/after-jpa-service/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/after/after-kv-repository/pom.xml b/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/after/after-kv-repository/pom.xml
index b20ceeea3..a220bf666 100644
--- a/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/after/after-kv-repository/pom.xml
+++ b/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/after/after-kv-repository/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/after/after-kv-service/pom.xml b/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/after/after-kv-service/pom.xml
index a02b414d7..f703fa14a 100644
--- a/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/after/after-kv-service/pom.xml
+++ b/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/after/after-kv-service/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/after/after-main/pom.xml b/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/after/after-main/pom.xml
index b34f50c50..996ba621d 100644
--- a/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/after/after-main/pom.xml
+++ b/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/after/after-main/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/after/pom.xml b/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/after/pom.xml
index fc15f9747..d6feab722 100644
--- a/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/after/pom.xml
+++ b/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/after/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <modules>
diff --git a/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/before/before-domain/pom.xml b/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/before/before-domain/pom.xml
index 28be3c53e..d3bfda46b 100644
--- a/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/before/before-domain/pom.xml
+++ b/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/before/before-domain/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/before/before-jpa-repository/pom.xml b/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/before/before-jpa-repository/pom.xml
index c1239ef59..c3f01c6c9 100644
--- a/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/before/before-jpa-repository/pom.xml
+++ b/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/before/before-jpa-repository/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/before/before-jpa-service/pom.xml b/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/before/before-jpa-service/pom.xml
index 6ddc32146..dc1093079 100644
--- a/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/before/before-jpa-service/pom.xml
+++ b/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/before/before-jpa-service/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/before/before-main/pom.xml b/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/before/before-main/pom.xml
index dea374fbb..eeebd913d 100644
--- a/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/before/before-main/pom.xml
+++ b/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/before/before-main/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/before/pom.xml b/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/before/pom.xml
index b8458956b..72ebf71bc 100644
--- a/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/before/pom.xml
+++ b/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/before/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <modules>
diff --git a/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/database/pom.xml b/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/database/pom.xml
index 0394f66f8..20acf1505 100644
--- a/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/database/pom.xml
+++ b/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/database/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/pom.xml b/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/pom.xml
index f55ef97f9..8810ef8fd 100644
--- a/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/pom.xml
+++ b/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
         <spring-data-hazelcast.version>2.1</spring-data-hazelcast.version>
         <spring-shell.version>1.2.0.RELEASE</spring-shell.version>
diff --git a/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/shared/pom.xml b/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/shared/pom.xml
index e768bfbdf..ace7bb226 100644
--- a/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/shared/pom.xml
+++ b/spring/spring-data-jpa-hazelcast-migration/shared/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/spring/springaware-annotation/pom.xml b/spring/springaware-annotation/pom.xml
index e6727aac0..ece8c9808 100644
--- a/spring/springaware-annotation/pom.xml
+++ b/spring/springaware-annotation/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
         <spring.version>5.2.24.RELEASE</spring.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/sql/compact/pom.xml b/sql/compact/pom.xml
index abb90c9ad..b82494e45 100644
--- a/sql/compact/pom.xml
+++ b/sql/compact/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/sql/hazdb/pom.xml b/sql/hazdb/pom.xml
index 2b1c5c383..3c6a7a8bd 100644
--- a/sql/hazdb/pom.xml
+++ b/sql/hazdb/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
         <build.timestamp>${maven.build.timestamp}</build.timestamp>
         <docker.image.prefix>hazdb</docker.image.prefix>
diff --git a/sql/pom.xml b/sql/pom.xml
index 5487bc868..71e0cdbd2 100644
--- a/sql/pom.xml
+++ b/sql/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <modules>
diff --git a/transactions/pom.xml b/transactions/pom.xml
index 7f594aef3..2a7901ea8 100644
--- a/transactions/pom.xml
+++ b/transactions/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <modules>
diff --git a/transactions/transaction-basics/pom.xml b/transactions/transaction-basics/pom.xml
index 29f2d6075..492662e72 100644
--- a/transactions/transaction-basics/pom.xml
+++ b/transactions/transaction-basics/pom.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/transactions/transactional-task/pom.xml b/transactions/transactional-task/pom.xml
index 197d079e5..dbb357914 100644
--- a/transactions/transactional-task/pom.xml
+++ b/transactions/transactional-task/pom.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,5 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/transactions/xa-transactions/pom.xml b/transactions/xa-transactions/pom.xml
index 5b0206323..3c2303992 100644
--- a/transactions/xa-transactions/pom.xml
+++ b/transactions/xa-transactions/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- needed for checkstyle/findbugs -->
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
         <atomikos-version>3.9.3</atomikos-version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/variable-replacers/pom.xml b/variable-replacers/pom.xml
index 188f4aa73..14d2c0915 100644
--- a/variable-replacers/pom.xml
+++ b/variable-replacers/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 
     <properties>
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>