diff --git a/.rat-excludes b/.rat-excludes
index 994c1b6215..37e68337de 100644
--- a/.rat-excludes
+++ b/.rat-excludes
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ build/**
 lib/licenses/*.txt
 .settings/**
 contrib/pig/example-script.pig
-contrib/redhat/cassandra
 **/cassandra.yaml
 **/*.db
 redhat/apache-cassandra.spec
+redhat/cassandra
+redhat/cassandra.conf
+redhat/cassandra.in.sh
+redhat/default