diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 31c4633e5..50821756e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
         <maven-checksum-maven-plugin.version>1.11</maven-checksum-maven-plugin.version>
         <maven-antrun-plugin.version>3.1.0</maven-antrun-plugin.version>
         <maven-groovy-plugin.version>2.1.1</maven-groovy-plugin.version>
-        <apache-rat-plugin.version>0.15</apache-rat-plugin.version>
+        <apache-rat-plugin.version>0.16</apache-rat-plugin.version>
         <cyclonedx-maven-plugin-version>2.7.10</cyclonedx-maven-plugin-version>
 
         <camel.version>4.3.0</camel.version>