diff --git a/rest/pom.xml b/rest/pom.xml
index adb565946ee7a0736b7139e2ecd52e30f794f459..6120581fd7a40c60f8b0325b0c3df05c00fe7dfb 100644
--- a/rest/pom.xml
+++ b/rest/pom.xml
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
         <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>0.12</version>
         <configuration>
           <excludes>
             <exclude>src/test/resources/error_trace.txt</exclude>