diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 6e65bb1d6..f17bb7375 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -198,8 +198,8 @@ under the License.
     <property name="asm.url" value="${repository.m2}/maven2/org/ow2/asm/asm-all/5.0.3/asm-all-5.0.3.jar"/>
 
     <!-- license and api checks -->
-    <property name="rat.jar" location="${main.lib}/apache-rat-0.11.jar"/>
-    <property name="rat.url" value="${repository.m2}/maven2/org/apache/rat/apache-rat/0.11/apache-rat-0.11.jar"/>
+    <property name="rat.jar" location="${main.lib}/apache-rat-0.12.jar"/>
+    <property name="rat.url" value="${repository.m2}/maven2/org/apache/rat/apache-rat/0.12/apache-rat-0.12.jar"/>
     <property name="forbidden.jar" location="${main.lib}/forbiddenapis-2.1.jar"/>
     <property name="forbidden.url" value="${repository.m2}/maven2/de/thetaphi/forbiddenapis/2.1/forbiddenapis-2.1.jar"/>
 
@@ -544,6 +544,7 @@ under the License.
                 <include name="junit-4.11*"/>
                 <include name="forbiddenapis-1.*.jar"/>
                 <include name="forbiddenapis-2.0.jar"/>
+                <include name="apache-rat-0.11.jar"/>
             </fileset>
             <fileset dir="${ooxml.lib}">
                 <!-- remove jars from previous versions, but not the current version -->