diff --git a/spi-fly/pom.xml b/spi-fly/pom.xml
index 9b4ef8db58..c2efdf26d5 100644
--- a/spi-fly/pom.xml
+++ b/spi-fly/pom.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.target>8</maven.compiler.target>
         <java.source.version>8</java.source.version>
 
-        <apache-rat-plugin.version>0.17</apache-rat-plugin.version>
+        <apache-rat-plugin.version>0.18</apache-rat-plugin.version>
         <asm.version>9.9.1</asm.version>
         <assertj.version>3.27.7</assertj.version>
         <bnd.version>6.4.1</bnd.version>