diff --git a/project/pom.xml b/project/pom.xml
index bc85cf176c..975458165c 100644
--- a/project/pom.xml
+++ b/project/pom.xml
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
           <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>0.17</version>
+          <version>0.18</version>
           <configuration>
             <inputExcludes>
               <!-- expectation files for unit tests -->