diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cba39eef9..e83a338fb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@
                             </execution>
                         </executions>
                     </plugin>
+                    <!-- Commenting it out until it stops breaking the release
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                         <artifactId>rat-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -250,6 +251,7 @@
                             </execution>
                         </executions>
                     </plugin>
+                    -->
                 </plugins>
             </build>
         </profile>