diff --git a/action.yaml b/action.yaml
index 84f665b..a3b9967 100644
--- a/action.yaml
+++ b/action.yaml
@@ -35,4 +35,8 @@ inputs:
     required: true
   password:
     description: "Password that goes with the sonar.login username. This should be left blank if an authentication token is being used."
-    required: false
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+    required: false
+  encoding:
+    description: "Encoding of the source code."
+    required: false
+    default: "UTF-8"
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