diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dd5ed89ca..3575b20d8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -374,6 +374,9 @@
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                     <version>3.2.3</version>
+                    <configuration>
+                        <argLine>-Duser.language=en -Duser.region=US</argLine>
+                    </configuration>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>