diff --git a/findbugsCharEncodingFilter.xml b/findbugsCharEncodingFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ac51df97a6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/findbugsCharEncodingFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+     <!-- Match all XYZ violations. -->
+     <Match>
+       <Bug code="DM_DEFAULT_ENCODING" />
+     </Match>
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a75f675114d..f49a8952cc2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -891,6 +891,9 @@
             <xmlOutput>true</xmlOutput>
             <failOnError>false</failOnError>
             <maxHeap>2048</maxHeap>
+            <excludeFilterFile>
+              findbugsCharEncodingFilter.xml
+            </excludeFilterFile>
           </configuration>
           <executions>
             <execution>