diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index a0d2bec6a3..f1d55eb0cc 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ buildscript {
 plugins {
     id 'base'
     id 'com.dorongold.task-tree' version '2.1.1'
-    id 'org.nosphere.apache.rat' version '0.8.0'
+    id 'org.nosphere.apache.rat' version '0.8.1'
     id 'distribution'
     id "com.github.spotbugs" version '5.2.1'
     id 'de.thetaphi.forbiddenapis' version '3.6'
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index b6563ce3ad..8524f2d0d8 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ under the License.
     <dependency prefix="asm-tree" artifact="org.ow2.asm:asm-tree:9.5" usage="util"/>
 
     <!-- license and api checks -->
-    <dependency prefix="rat" artifact="org.apache.rat:apache-rat:0.15" usage="util"/>
+    <dependency prefix="rat" artifact="org.apache.rat:apache-rat:0.16.1" usage="util"/>
     <dependency prefix="forbidden" artifact="de.thetaphi:forbiddenapis:3.5.1" usage="util"/>
 
     <!-- See https://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-376.htm -->