diff --git a/.rat-excludes b/.rat-excludes
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..709e852b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.rat-excludes
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#
+# 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.
+#
+
+**/.*/**
+**/*.json
+**/*.prefs
+**/*.log
+**/*.md
+**/*.iml
+**/target/**
+**/out/**
+**/spark-warehouse/**
+**/metastore_db/**
+**/licenses/LICENSE*
+**/licenses-binary/LICENSE*
+**/dependency-reduced-pom.xml
+**/scalastyle-output.xml
+NOTICE*
+docs/**
+build/apache-maven-*/**
+build/scala-*/**
+**/**/operation_logs/**/**
+**/**/server_operation_logs/**/**
+**/**/engine_operation_logs/**/**
+**/*.output.schema
+**/apache-kyuubi-*-bin*/**
+**/benchmarks/**
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b59fbd258..dfa0df629 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1605,32 +1605,7 @@
                                 <familyName>Apache License 2.0</familyName>
                             </licenseFamily>
                         </licenseFamilies>
-                        <excludes>
-                            <exclude>**/.*/**</exclude>
-                            <exclude>**/*.json</exclude>
-                            <exclude>**/*.prefs</exclude>
-                            <exclude>**/*.log</exclude>
-                            <exclude>**/*.md</exclude>
-                            <exclude>**/*.iml</exclude>
-                            <exclude>**/target/**</exclude>
-                            <exclude>**/out/**</exclude>
-                            <exclude>**/spark-warehouse/**</exclude>
-                            <exclude>**/metastore_db/**</exclude>
-                            <exclude>**/licenses/LICENSE*</exclude>
-                            <exclude>**/licenses-binary/LICENSE*</exclude>
-                            <exclude>**/dependency-reduced-pom.xml</exclude>
-                            <exclude>**/scalastyle-output.xml</exclude>
-                            <exclude>NOTICE*</exclude>
-                            <exclude>docs/**</exclude>
-                            <exclude>build/apache-maven-*/**</exclude>
-                            <exclude>build/scala-*/**</exclude>
-                            <exclude>**/**/operation_logs/**/**</exclude>
-                            <exclude>**/**/server_operation_logs/**/**</exclude>
-                            <exclude>**/**/engine_operation_logs/**/**</exclude>
-                            <exclude>**/*.output.schema</exclude>
-                            <exclude>**/apache-kyuubi-*-bin*/**</exclude>
-                            <exclude>**/benchmarks/**</exclude>
-                        </excludes>
+                        <excludesFile>.rat-excludes</excludesFile>
                     </configuration>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>