diff --git a/.github/workflows/rat.yml b/.github/workflows/rat.yml
index b75ff42b9122..5c72d64d6ed9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rat.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rat.yml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/actions/install-nonoss
       - name: RAT licence checks
         run: |
-          mvn -P developer,systemvm -Dsimulator -Dnoredist -pl . org.apache.rat:apache-rat-plugin:0.12:check
+          mvn -P developer,systemvm -Dsimulator -Dnoredist -pl . org.apache.rat:apache-rat-plugin:0.18:check
       - name: Rat Report
         if: always()
         run: |
diff --git a/framework/rest/.gitignore b/framework/rest/.gitignore
index 19f2e002ce4b..4cce000d7825 100644
--- a/framework/rest/.gitignore
+++ b/framework/rest/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,19 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
 /target
 /target
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/ovm3/.gitignore b/plugins/hypervisors/ovm3/.gitignore
index ae3c1726048c..184792f02b3d 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/ovm3/.gitignore
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/ovm3/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,18 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
 /bin/
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 354ec01bb396..7cc5fc85faa5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1079,6 +1079,7 @@
                             <exclude>plugins/hypervisors/hyperv/DotNet/ServerResource/**</exclude>
                             <exclude>scripts/installer/windows/acs_license.rtf</exclude>
                             <exclude>scripts/vm/systemvm/id_rsa.cloud</exclude>
+                            <exclude>services/console-proxy/rdpconsole/src/test/doc/rdp-key.pem</exclude>
                             <exclude>services/console-proxy/server/conf/agent.properties</exclude>
                             <exclude>services/console-proxy/server/conf/uefi.properties</exclude>
                             <exclude>services/console-proxy/server/conf/environment.properties</exclude>
diff --git a/tools/devcloud4/.gitignore b/tools/devcloud4/.gitignore
index 107499dc991d..cece2bbef415 100644
--- a/tools/devcloud4/.gitignore
+++ b/tools/devcloud4/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
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 cookbooks
 *.lock