diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 112a2060995d..7cccd300f1e9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xs
     <maven-enforcer-plugin.version>3.4.1</maven-enforcer-plugin.version>
     <maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.0.1</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
     <maven-assembly-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-assembly-plugin.version>
-    <apache-rat-plugin.version>0.12</apache-rat-plugin.version>
+    <apache-rat-plugin.version>0.16.1</apache-rat-plugin.version>
     <maven-deploy-plugin.version>2.8.1</maven-deploy-plugin.version>
     <build-helper-maven-plugin.version>1.9</build-helper-maven-plugin.version>
     <maven-dependency-plugin.version>3.6.1</maven-dependency-plugin.version>