diff --git a/dev/release/README.md b/dev/release/README.md
index 2ca2f608e..c9c21cdb2 100644
--- a/dev/release/README.md
+++ b/dev/release/README.md
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ It is recommended that you set up a virtual Python environment and then install
 ```shell
 python3 -m venv venv
 source venv/bin/activate
-pip3 install -r requirements.in
+pip3 install -r requirements.txt
 ```
 
 To generate the changelog, set the `GITHUB_TOKEN` environment variable to a valid token and then run the script 
diff --git a/dev/release/rat_exclude_files.txt b/dev/release/rat_exclude_files.txt
index 79d8db297..e7aeea4a1 100644
--- a/dev/release/rat_exclude_files.txt
+++ b/dev/release/rat_exclude_files.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 core/Cargo.lock
 core/testdata/backtrace.txt
 core/testdata/stacktrace.txt
+dev/release/requirements.txt
 docs/spark_builtin_expr_coverage.txt
 docs/source/contributor-guide/benchmark-results/**/*.json
 rust-toolchain
diff --git a/dev/release/requirements.in b/dev/release/requirements.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from dev/release/requirements.in
rename to dev/release/requirements.txt