diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9737860aa..996f3a933 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1556,7 +1556,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
           <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>0.7</version>
+          <version>0.8</version>
           <configuration>
             <excludes>
               <exclude>.gitignore</exclude>