diff --git a/refarch-gateway/pom.xml b/refarch-gateway/pom.xml
index 8553660f..bee47105 100644
--- a/refarch-gateway/pom.xml
+++ b/refarch-gateway/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
         <maven.compiler.release>${java.version}</maven.compiler.release>
 
         <jacoco.version>0.8.12</jacoco.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.3.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
         <spotless-maven-plugin.version>2.34.0</spotless-maven-plugin.version>
         <itm-java-codeformat.version>1.0.10</itm-java-codeformat.version>
         <maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>3.4.0</maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>
@@ -133,7 +132,9 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <argLine>-Dfile.encoding=${project.build.sourceEncoding}</argLine>
+                </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>