diff --git a/changes/plugin.jelly b/changes/plugin.jelly
index a0398763..79c21b7d 100644
--- a/changes/plugin.jelly
+++ b/changes/plugin.jelly
@@ -31,9 +31,11 @@
   <goal
     name="changes:report"
     description="Generate a changes report">
-  <ant:property name="maven.docs.src"
+  <j:set var="maven.docs.src"
     value="${pom.getPluginContext('maven-xdoc-plugin').getVariable('maven.docs.src')}"/>
-    
+  <j:set var="maven.docs.outputencoding"
+    value="${pom.getPluginContext('maven-xdoc-plugin').getVariable('maven.docs.outputencoding')}"/>
+
   <doc:jsl
         input="${maven.docs.src}/changes.xml"
         output="changes-report.xml"