diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ca617420..2e4372ae 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -36,9 +36,10 @@
 	</developers>
 
 	<properties>
-		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-		<main.basedir>${basedir}</main.basedir>
 		<java.version>1.8</java.version>
+		<main.basedir>${basedir}</main.basedir>
+		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+
 		<spring.boot.version>2.0.4.RELEASE</spring.boot.version>
 		<spring-cloud-contract.version>2.0.0.RELEASE</spring-cloud-contract.version>
 		<spring-javaformat.version>0.0.6</spring-javaformat.version>