diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fdfdc0f851..114f43e766 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -950,7 +950,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
           <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>0.16.1</version>
+          <version>0.17</version>
           <configuration>
             <!--
                 Make rat output the files with missing licensed directly into the