diff --git a/dev/.rat-excludes b/dev/.rat-excludes
index 14d4d287c4a7..94874c2e0272 100644
--- a/dev/.rat-excludes
+++ b/dev/.rat-excludes
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ build
 .rat-excludes
 LICENSE
 NOTICE
+revapi.yml
 gradlew
 examples/*
 gradle/*
@@ -25,4 +26,4 @@ package-list
 sitemap.xml
 derby.log
 .python-version
-.*_index.md
\ No newline at end of file
+.*_index.md