diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b1732cb5..cb2648f8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -67,13 +67,13 @@
 
     <checkstyle.version>10.18.1</checkstyle.version>
     <commons.io.version>2.17.0</commons.io.version>
-    <exec-maven-plugin.version>3.1.0</exec-maven-plugin.version>
+    <exec-maven-plugin.version>3.4.1</exec-maven-plugin.version>
     <flatten.version>1.6.0</flatten.version>
     <junit.version>5.11.1</junit.version>
     <maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>3.5.0</maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>
     <maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.7.0</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
     <maven-project-info-reports-plugin.version>3.9.0</maven-project-info-reports-plugin.version>
-    <maven-rat-plugin.version>0.15</maven-rat-plugin.version>
+    <maven-rat-plugin.version>0.16.1</maven-rat-plugin.version>
     <mockito.version>5.14.0</mockito.version>
     <spotbugs-maven-plugin.version>4.8.6.0</spotbugs-maven-plugin.version>
 
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@
         <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>${maven-rat-plugin.version}</version>
         <configuration>
-          <excludeSubprojects>false</excludeSubprojects>
+          <!-- <excludeSubprojects>false</excludeSubprojects> -->
           <excludes>
             <exclude>.mvn/maven.config</exclude>
             <exclude>.gitattributes</exclude>