diff --git a/dev/appveyor-install-dependencies.ps1 b/dev/appveyor-install-dependencies.ps1
index a357fbf59f6c8c7535dd520d8a432177acb995ba..e6afb18558852072927ff2455b0e3db929970b69 100644
--- a/dev/appveyor-install-dependencies.ps1
+++ b/dev/appveyor-install-dependencies.ps1
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Function InstallR {
   }
 
   $urlPath = ""
-  $latestVer = $(ConvertFrom-JSON $(Invoke-WebRequest http://rversions.r-pkg.org/r-release-win).Content).version
+  $latestVer = $(ConvertFrom-JSON $(Invoke-WebRequest https://rversions.r-pkg.org/r-release-win).Content).version
   If ($rVer -ne $latestVer) {
     $urlPath = ("old/" + $rVer + "/")
   }
diff --git a/dev/check-license b/dev/check-license
index 678e73fd60f1f5723b93d0485b65ca44cae455fb..8cee09a53e08793e0fee7047243c909ed2fb6cd4 100755
--- a/dev/check-license
+++ b/dev/check-license
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 acquire_rat_jar () {
 
-  URL="http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/rat/apache-rat/${RAT_VERSION}/apache-rat-${RAT_VERSION}.jar"
+  URL="https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/rat/apache-rat/${RAT_VERSION}/apache-rat-${RAT_VERSION}.jar"
 
   JAR="$rat_jar"
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ else
     declare java_cmd=java
 fi
 
-export RAT_VERSION=0.11
+export RAT_VERSION=0.12
 export rat_jar="$FWDIR"/lib/apache-rat-${RAT_VERSION}.jar
 mkdir -p "$FWDIR"/lib