diff --git a/pom/changelog.txt b/pom/changelog.txt
index 7d3b514..ccaba9b 100644
--- a/pom/changelog.txt
+++ b/pom/changelog.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     * [FELIX-5157] - Add m2e lifecycle mappings
     * [FELIX-5158] - Update test dependencies
     * [FELIX-5159] - Update plugin dependencies
+    * [FELIX-5160] - Update configuration for Apache rat plugin
 
 
 Changes from 2.1 to 3
diff --git a/pom/pom.xml b/pom/pom.xml
index 385eca7..cc3406b 100644
--- a/pom/pom.xml
+++ b/pom/pom.xml
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
                     <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>0.10</version>
+                    <version>0.11</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@
                     <target>1.${felix.java.version}</target>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
+           <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
                 <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
                 <executions>
@@ -296,12 +296,15 @@
                     <includes>
                         <include>src/**</include>
                     </includes>
-                    <excludes>
+                    <excludes combine.children="append">
+                        <!--  Used by maven-remote-resources-plugin -->
                         <exclude>src/main/appended-resources/**</exclude>
+                        <!-- Exclude all JSON files -->
+                        <exclude>**/*.json</exclude>
                     </excludes>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
+             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>animal-sniffer-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                 <executions>