diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 91dc43e..70d4c23 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -250,14 +250,14 @@ under the License.
           <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
           <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
           <configuration>
-            <excludes combine.children="append">
+            <inputExcludes>
               <!--
                 These files cannot contain a license header as that would break
                 the tests.
               -->
               <exclude>src/test/resources/ISO-8859-1.bin.vm</exclude>
               <exclude>src/test/resources/UTF-8.bin.vm</exclude>
-            </excludes>
+            </inputExcludes>
           </configuration>
         </plugin>
       </plugins>