diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index aa153fc..1ac549e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@
   <version>0.9.1</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <description>Tools for testing NDN Java code without using network IO</description>
+  <properties>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    <maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
+  </properties>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>net.named_data.jndn</groupId>
@@ -30,11 +35,6 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
-  <properties>
-    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
-  </properties>
   <repositories>
     <repository>
       <id>ubit-artifactory-or.intel.com</id>