diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 3ce7a57b93056..9b4e16acac981 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ plugins {
   // See https://github.com/ben-manes/gradle-versions-plugin for further details.
   id("com.github.ben-manes.versions") version "0.33.0"
   // Apply one top level rat plugin to perform any required license enforcement analysis
-  id("org.nosphere.apache.rat") version "0.7.0"
+  id("org.nosphere.apache.rat") version "0.8.0"
   // Enable gradle-based release management
   id("net.researchgate.release") version "2.8.1"
   id("org.apache.beam.module")