diff --git a/apache-rat-core/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/DeprecationReporter.java b/apache-rat-core/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/DeprecationReporter.java
index fe3acda18..c707c6065 100644
--- a/apache-rat-core/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/DeprecationReporter.java
+++ b/apache-rat-core/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/DeprecationReporter.java
@@ -42,9 +42,14 @@ private DeprecationReporter() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * The consumer that is used for deprecation reporting.
+     * The per-thread consumer that is used for deprecation reporting.
+     * <p>
+     * Stored in a {@link ThreadLocal} so that each thread (e.g. parallel Maven
+     * reactor threads) gets its own reporter and does not interfere with
+     * reporters set by other threads.
+     * </p>
      */
-    private static Consumer<Option> consumer = getDefault();
+    private static final ThreadLocal<Consumer<Option>> CONSUMER = ThreadLocal.withInitial(DeprecationReporter::getDefault);
 
     /**
      * Get the default reporter.
@@ -70,7 +75,7 @@ public static Consumer<Option> getDefault() {
      * @return The consumer that will log usage of deprecated operations to the default log.
      */
     public static Consumer<Option> getLogReporter() {
-        return consumer;
+        return CONSUMER.get();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -78,14 +83,14 @@ public static Consumer<Option> getLogReporter() {
      * @param consumer The consumer that will do the reporting.
      */
     public static void setLogReporter(final Consumer<Option> consumer) {
-        DeprecationReporter.consumer = consumer;
+        CONSUMER.set(consumer);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Rests the consumer to the default consumer.
+     * Resets the consumer to the default consumer.
      */
     public static void resetLogReporter() {
-        DeprecationReporter.consumer = getDefault();
+        CONSUMER.set(getDefault());
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/apache-rat-core/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/OptionCollection.java b/apache-rat-core/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/OptionCollection.java
index 2d4bdd636..ccf5b40fe 100644
--- a/apache-rat-core/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/OptionCollection.java
+++ b/apache-rat-core/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/OptionCollection.java
@@ -120,6 +120,16 @@ public static ReportConfiguration parseCommands(final File workingDirectory, fin
 
     /**
      * Parses the standard options to create a ReportConfiguration.
+     * <p>
+     * This method is {@code synchronized} because it uses shared mutable state:
+     * the {@link Arg} enum's {@code OptionGroup} instances (whose {@code selected}
+     * field is mutated by {@link DefaultParser#parse}), and
+     * {@link org.apache.rat.commandline.Converters#FILE_CONVERTER} (whose
+     * {@code workingDirectory} field is set during argument processing).
+     * Without synchronization, parallel Maven reactor threads (e.g. {@code mvn -T4})
+     * corrupt each other's parse state, causing options like {@code --input-exclude}
+     * to be silently skipped.
+     * </p>
      *
      * @param workingDirectory The directory to resolve relative file names against.
      * @param args the arguments to parse.
@@ -128,7 +138,7 @@ public static ReportConfiguration parseCommands(final File workingDirectory, fin
      * @return a ReportConfiguration or {@code null} if Help was printed.
      * @throws IOException on error.
      */
-    public static ReportConfiguration parseCommands(final File workingDirectory, final String[] args,
+    public static synchronized ReportConfiguration parseCommands(final File workingDirectory, final String[] args,
                                                     final Consumer<Options> helpCmd, final boolean noArgs) throws IOException {
 
         Options opts = buildOptions();
diff --git a/apache-rat-core/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/analysis/matchers/SPDXMatcherFactory.java b/apache-rat-core/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/analysis/matchers/SPDXMatcherFactory.java
index 20869bc2f..2568d7dd3 100644
--- a/apache-rat-core/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/analysis/matchers/SPDXMatcherFactory.java
+++ b/apache-rat-core/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/analysis/matchers/SPDXMatcherFactory.java
@@ -40,19 +40,29 @@
  * SPDX identifiers are specified by the Software Package Data Exchange(R) also
  * known as SPDX(R) project from the Linux foundation.
  * </p>
+ * <p>
+ * Each factory instance maintains its own matcher map and per-document match
+ * state ({@code lastMatch}, {@code checked}). In multi-threaded environments
+ * (e.g. parallel Maven builds), use {@link #newInstance()} or a
+ * {@code ThreadLocal<SPDXMatcherFactory>} to obtain a per-thread factory
+ * instead of the shared {@link #INSTANCE}.
+ * </p>
  *
  * @see <a href="https://spdx.dev/ids/">List of Ids at spdx.dev</a>
  */
 public final class SPDXMatcherFactory {
 
     /**
-     * The collection of all matchers produced by this factory.
+     * The collection of all matchers produced by this factory instance.
      */
-    private static final Map<String, SPDXMatcherFactory.Match> MATCHER_MAP = new HashMap<>();
+    private final Map<String, SPDXMatcherFactory.Match> matcherMap = new HashMap<>();
 
     /**
-     * The instance of this factory.
+     * The shared instance of this factory.
+     * @deprecated Not thread-safe. Use {@link #newInstance()} to create
+     * per-thread instances instead. Will be removed in 1.0.0.
      */
+    @Deprecated
     public static final SPDXMatcherFactory INSTANCE = new SPDXMatcherFactory();
 
     /**
@@ -77,12 +87,25 @@ public final class SPDXMatcherFactory {
     private boolean checked;
 
     /**
-     * Constructor.
+     * Constructor. Creates a new factory with its own matcher map and match state.
      */
     private SPDXMatcherFactory() {
         lastMatch = new HashSet<>();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Creates a new SPDXMatcherFactory instance.
+     * <p>
+     * Use this method to obtain a per-thread factory for multi-threaded
+     * environments instead of the shared {@link #INSTANCE}.
+     * </p>
+     *
+     * @return a new SPDXMatcherFactory instance.
+     */
+    public static SPDXMatcherFactory newInstance() {
+        return new SPDXMatcherFactory();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Reset the matching for the next document.
      */
@@ -101,12 +124,7 @@ public Match create(final String spdxId) {
         if (StringUtils.isBlank(spdxId)) {
             throw new ConfigurationException("'SPDX' type matcher requires a name");
         }
-        Match matcher = MATCHER_MAP.get(spdxId);
-        if (matcher == null) {
-            matcher = new Match(spdxId);
-            MATCHER_MAP.put(spdxId, matcher);
-        }
-        return matcher;
+        return matcherMap.computeIfAbsent(spdxId, Match::new);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/apache-rat-core/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/config/exclusion/StandardCollection.java b/apache-rat-core/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/config/exclusion/StandardCollection.java
index 7ec79ae66..ca0b69004 100644
--- a/apache-rat-core/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/config/exclusion/StandardCollection.java
+++ b/apache-rat-core/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/config/exclusion/StandardCollection.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Predicate;
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
 import org.apache.rat.config.exclusion.fileProcessors.AbstractFileProcessorBuilder;
 import org.apache.rat.config.exclusion.fileProcessors.BazaarIgnoreBuilder;
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ public enum StandardCollection {
      * The files and directories created by a Bazaar source code control based tool.
      */
     BAZAAR("The files and directories created by a Bazaar source code control based tool.",
-            Arrays.asList("**/.bzr/**", "**/.bzrignore"), null, new BazaarIgnoreBuilder()),
+            Arrays.asList("**/.bzr/**", "**/.bzrignore"), null, BazaarIgnoreBuilder::new),
     /**
      * The files and directories created by a Bitkeeper source code control based tool.
      */
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ public enum StandardCollection {
                     "**/*.orig", "**/*.rej", "**/.del-*",
                     "**/*.a", "**/*.old", "**/*.o", "**/*.obj", "**/*.so", "**/*.exe",
                     "**/*.Z", "**/*.elc", "**/*.ln", "**/core"),
-            null, new CVSIgnoreBuilder()),
+            null, CVSIgnoreBuilder::new),
     /**
      * The files and directories created by a DARCS source code control based tool.
      */
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ null, new CVSIgnoreBuilder()),
         "and (unless RAT_NO_GIT_GLOBAL_IGNORE is specified) the global gitignore.",
             Arrays.asList("**/.git/**", "**/.gitignore"),
             null,
-            new GitIgnoreBuilder()
+            GitIgnoreBuilder::new
     ),
     /**
      * The hidden directories. Directories with names that start with {@code .}
@@ -170,7 +171,7 @@ public String toString() {
      * The files and directories created by a Mercurial source code control based tool.
      */
     MERCURIAL("The files and directories created by a Mercurial source code control based tool.",
-            Arrays.asList("**/.hg/**", "**/.hgignore"), null, new HgIgnoreBuilder()),
+            Arrays.asList("**/.hg/**", "**/.hgignore"), null, HgIgnoreBuilder::new),
     /**
      * The set of miscellaneous files generally left by editors and the like.
      */
@@ -227,17 +228,24 @@ public String toString() {
     private final Collection<String> patterns;
     /** A document name matcher supplier to create a document name matcher. May be null */
     private final DocumentNameMatcher staticDocumentNameMatcher;
-    /** The AbstractFileProcessorBuilder to process the exclude file associated with this exclusion. May be {@code null}. */
-    private final AbstractFileProcessorBuilder fileProcessorBuilder;
+    /**
+     * Supplier for the AbstractFileProcessorBuilder. A Supplier is used instead of a direct
+     * instance because these builders contain mutable state ({@code levelBuilders}, and in the
+     * case of {@link HgIgnoreBuilder}, a mutable {@code state} field). Enum constants are
+     * singletons, so storing a shared builder instance would cause concurrent threads in a
+     * parallel Maven build to corrupt each other's state. The supplier creates a fresh builder
+     * for each invocation, ensuring thread safety.
+     */
+    private final Supplier<AbstractFileProcessorBuilder> fileProcessorBuilderSupplier;
     /** The description of this collection */
     private final String desc;
 
     StandardCollection(final String desc, final Collection<String> patterns, final DocumentNameMatcher documentNameMatcher,
-                       final AbstractFileProcessorBuilder fileProcessorBuilder) {
+                       final Supplier<AbstractFileProcessorBuilder> fileProcessorBuilderSupplier) {
         this.desc = desc;
         this.patterns = patterns == null ? Collections.emptyList() : new HashSet<>(patterns);
         this.staticDocumentNameMatcher = documentNameMatcher;
-        this.fileProcessorBuilder = fileProcessorBuilder;
+        this.fileProcessorBuilderSupplier = fileProcessorBuilderSupplier;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -294,8 +302,8 @@ public Set<String> patterns() {
     public ExtendedIterator<AbstractFileProcessorBuilder> fileProcessorBuilder() {
         List<AbstractFileProcessorBuilder> lst = new ArrayList<>();
         for (StandardCollection sc : getCollections()) {
-            if (sc.fileProcessorBuilder != null) {
-                lst.add(sc.fileProcessorBuilder);
+            if (sc.fileProcessorBuilderSupplier != null) {
+                lst.add(sc.fileProcessorBuilderSupplier.get());
             }
         }
         return ExtendedIterator.create(lst.iterator());
diff --git a/apache-rat-core/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/configuration/MatcherBuilderTracker.java b/apache-rat-core/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/configuration/MatcherBuilderTracker.java
index aa7210efb..d19fbfec2 100644
--- a/apache-rat-core/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/configuration/MatcherBuilderTracker.java
+++ b/apache-rat-core/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/configuration/MatcherBuilderTracker.java
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.text.WordUtils;
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public static AbstractBuilder getMatcherBuilder(final String name) {
     }
 
     private MatcherBuilderTracker() {
-        matcherBuilders = new HashMap<>();
+        matcherBuilders = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/apache-rat-core/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/configuration/builders/SpdxBuilder.java b/apache-rat-core/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/configuration/builders/SpdxBuilder.java
index 2a72fd2b7..ad49ec137 100644
--- a/apache-rat-core/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/configuration/builders/SpdxBuilder.java
+++ b/apache-rat-core/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/configuration/builders/SpdxBuilder.java
@@ -27,9 +27,23 @@
 
 /**
  * A builder for SPDX matchers.
+ * <p>
+ * Uses a {@code ThreadLocal} factory so that each thread in a parallel Maven
+ * build gets its own {@link SPDXMatcherFactory} instance with isolated match
+ * state. This prevents two threads scanning different documents from
+ * cross-contaminating each other's SPDX identifier results.
+ * </p>
  */
 @MatcherBuilder(SPDXMatcherFactory.Match.class)
 public class SpdxBuilder extends AbstractBuilder {
+
+    /**
+     * Per-thread SPDXMatcherFactory. Each thread gets its own factory with
+     * its own matcher map and per-document match state ({@code lastMatch},
+     * {@code checked}).
+     */
+    private static final ThreadLocal<SPDXMatcherFactory> FACTORY = ThreadLocal.withInitial(SPDXMatcherFactory::newInstance);
+
     /** The SPDX name */
     private String name;
 
@@ -64,7 +78,7 @@ public AbstractBuilder setId(final String id) {
 
     @Override
     public SPDXMatcherFactory.Match build() {
-        return SPDXMatcherFactory.INSTANCE.create(name);
+        return FACTORY.get().create(name);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/apache-rat-core/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/utils/DefaultLog.java b/apache-rat-core/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/utils/DefaultLog.java
index 0f65d6db5..4fd6b7833 100644
--- a/apache-rat-core/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/utils/DefaultLog.java
+++ b/apache-rat-core/src/main/java/org/apache/rat/utils/DefaultLog.java
@@ -22,30 +22,35 @@
 
 /**
  * A default implementation of Log that writes to {@code System.out} and {@code System.err}.
+ * <p>
+ * The singleton instance is stored in a {@link ThreadLocal} so that each thread
+ * (e.g. parallel Maven reactor threads) gets its own logger and does not
+ * interfere with loggers set by other threads.
+ * </p>
  */
 public final class DefaultLog implements Log {
     /**
-     * The instance of the default log.
+     * The per-thread instance of the default log.
      */
-    private static Log instance = new DefaultLog();
+    private static final ThreadLocal<Log> INSTANCE = ThreadLocal.withInitial(DefaultLog::new);
 
     /**
-     * Retrieves the DefaultLog instance.
+     * Retrieves the DefaultLog instance for the current thread.
      * @return the Default log instance.
      */
     public static Log getInstance() {
-        return instance;
+        return INSTANCE.get();
     }
 
     /**
-     * Sets the default log instance.
-     * If not set an instance of DefaultLog will be returned
+     * Sets the default log instance for the current thread.
+     * If not set an instance of DefaultLog will be returned.
      * @param newInstance a Log to use as the default.
      * @return the old instance.
      */
     public static Log setInstance(final Log newInstance) {
-        Log result = instance;
-        instance = newInstance == null ? new DefaultLog() : newInstance;
+        Log result = INSTANCE.get();
+        INSTANCE.set(newInstance == null ? new DefaultLog() : newInstance);
         return result;
     }
 
diff --git a/apache-rat-plugin/src/it/RAT-573/invoker.properties b/apache-rat-plugin/src/it/RAT-573/invoker.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9e9609c82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache-rat-plugin/src/it/RAT-573/invoker.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# 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.
+
+invoker.goals = -T4 clean apache-rat:check
diff --git a/apache-rat-plugin/src/it/RAT-573/module1/pom.xml b/apache-rat-plugin/src/it/RAT-573/module1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..030564c0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache-rat-plugin/src/it/RAT-573/module1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  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.
+-->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.rat.test</groupId>
+    <artifactId>rat573</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+  <artifactId>module1</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/apache-rat-plugin/src/it/RAT-573/module1/src.apt b/apache-rat-plugin/src/it/RAT-573/module1/src.apt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3e7e7d9e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache-rat-plugin/src/it/RAT-573/module1/src.apt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+~~   Yet Another License, just for test purposes
+
+    --------------
+    Some text file
+    --------------
+
+Some text file
+
+  This is a text file, which intentionally has no Apache License Header.
+  Instead, it contains a dummy license header. The Rat plugin should
+  accept it with a proper custom license matcher.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apache-rat-plugin/src/it/RAT-573/module2/pom.xml b/apache-rat-plugin/src/it/RAT-573/module2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..704ca6988
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache-rat-plugin/src/it/RAT-573/module2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  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.
+-->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.rat.test</groupId>
+    <artifactId>rat573</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+  <artifactId>module2</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/apache-rat-plugin/src/it/RAT-573/module2/src.apt b/apache-rat-plugin/src/it/RAT-573/module2/src.apt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3e7e7d9e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache-rat-plugin/src/it/RAT-573/module2/src.apt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+~~   Yet Another License, just for test purposes
+
+    --------------
+    Some text file
+    --------------
+
+Some text file
+
+  This is a text file, which intentionally has no Apache License Header.
+  Instead, it contains a dummy license header. The Rat plugin should
+  accept it with a proper custom license matcher.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apache-rat-plugin/src/it/RAT-573/module3/pom.xml b/apache-rat-plugin/src/it/RAT-573/module3/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4af5df36e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache-rat-plugin/src/it/RAT-573/module3/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  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.
+-->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.rat.test</groupId>
+    <artifactId>rat573</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+  <artifactId>module3</artifactId>
+</project>
diff --git a/apache-rat-plugin/src/it/RAT-573/module3/src.apt b/apache-rat-plugin/src/it/RAT-573/module3/src.apt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3e7e7d9e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache-rat-plugin/src/it/RAT-573/module3/src.apt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+~~   Yet Another License, just for test purposes
+
+    --------------
+    Some text file
+    --------------
+
+Some text file
+
+  This is a text file, which intentionally has no Apache License Header.
+  Instead, it contains a dummy license header. The Rat plugin should
+  accept it with a proper custom license matcher.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apache-rat-plugin/src/it/RAT-573/pom.xml b/apache-rat-plugin/src/it/RAT-573/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..07ac10712
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache-rat-plugin/src/it/RAT-573/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  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.
+-->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>org.apache.rat.test</groupId>
+  <artifactId>rat573</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+  <modules>
+    <module>module1</module>
+    <module>module2</module>
+    <module>module3</module>
+  </modules>
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
+        <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@pom.version@</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <counterMins>
+            <counter>STANDARDS:0</counter>
+          </counterMins>
+          <inputExcludes>
+            <exclude>**/src.apt</exclude>
+          </inputExcludes>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index e536bd97f..fff47be6a 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -68,6 +68,12 @@ in order to be properly linked in site reports.
     </release>
     -->
     <release version="1.0.0-SNAPSHOT" date="xxxx-yy-zz" description="Current SNAPSHOT - release to be done">
+      <action issue="RAT-553" type="add" dev="pottlinger" due-to="Guillaume Nodet">
+        Fix NPE with parallel builds in SCM ignore parsers.
+      </action>
+      <action issue="RAT-573" type="add" dev="pottlinger" due-to="Guillaume Nodet">
+        Make RAT safe for parallel builds.
+      </action>
       <action issue="RAT-570" type="add" dev="claudenw">
         Internal change: Introduced a Reporter.Output class that encapsulates the execution configuration, the generated XML document, and the ClaimStatistic containing counts for file types, licenses, license categories, and other all of RAT run statistics.
       </action>