diff --git a/nifi-commons/nifi-expression-language/pom.xml b/nifi-commons/nifi-expression-language/pom.xml
index f4ea10b7a8..a7e369e990 100644
--- a/nifi-commons/nifi-expression-language/pom.xml
+++ b/nifi-commons/nifi-expression-language/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,16 @@
                 <configuration>
                     <excludes>**/antlr/AttributeExpressionParser.java,**/antlr/AttributeExpressionLexer.java</excludes>
                 </configuration>
-            </plugin>            
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
+                <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <excludes combine.children="append">
+                        <exclude>src/test/resources/json/address-book.json</exclude>
+		    </excludes>
+		</configuration>
+	    </plugin>            
         </plugins>
     </build>
     <dependencies>