diff --git a/smp-docker/compose/weblogic-oracle/docker-compose.yml b/smp-docker/compose/weblogic-oracle/docker-compose.yml
index b2fd8c040fe667f85c4653dea7a424a7aee44130..ca49dc9af59505dac15253ce5ee28494bb460ff9 100644
--- a/smp-docker/compose/weblogic-oracle/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/smp-docker/compose/weblogic-oracle/docker-compose.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ services:
     image:  smp-weblogic-122:${SMP_VERSION}
     container_name: wls-smp   
     hostname: wlsadmin
+    environment:
+      JAVA_OPTIONS: "-Dweblogic.webservice.i18n.charset=utf-8"
     volumes:
       - ./properties/weblogic:/u01/oracle/properties
       - shared-status-folder:/u01/status/