diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4443b51..f2e0eea 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -306,6 +306,35 @@
           </executions>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
+    <pluginManagement>
+           <plugins>
+               <!--This plugin's configuration is used to store Eclipse m2e settings only. It has no influence on the Maven build itself.-->
+               <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.eclipse.m2e</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</artifactId>
+                    <version>1.0.0</version>
+                    <configuration>
+                        <lifecycleMappingMetadata>
+                            <pluginExecutions>
+                              <pluginExecution>
+                                    <pluginExecutionFilter>
+                                        <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
+                                        <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
+                                        <versionRange>[0.11,)</versionRange>
+                                        <goals>
+                                            <goal>check</goal>
+                                        </goals>
+                                    </pluginExecutionFilter>
+                                    <action>
+                                        <ignore></ignore>
+                                    </action>
+                                </pluginExecution>
+                            </pluginExecutions>
+                        </lifecycleMappingMetadata>
+                    </configuration>
+                </plugin>
+            </plugins>
+      </pluginManagement>
   </build>
 
   <scm>