diff --git a/apache-rat-plugin/pom.xml b/apache-rat-plugin/pom.xml
index 4213fa3c7..4e026f336 100644
--- a/apache-rat-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-rat-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
     <maven>${mavenMinVersion}</maven>
   </prerequisites>
   <properties>
+    <goalPrefix>apache-rat</goalPrefix>
     <currentVersion>${project.version}</currentVersion>
     <doxiaVersion>1.12.0</doxiaVersion>
     <doxiaSitetoolsVersion>1.11.1</doxiaSitetoolsVersion>