diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 50efd8725540..336027219452 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -121,3 +121,6 @@ derby.log
 
 # idea
 .idea
+
+# ant
+.ant-targets-build.xml
diff --git a/nbbuild/external/binaries-list b/nbbuild/external/binaries-list
index 2ca6e42dd340..1af63288950c 100644
--- a/nbbuild/external/binaries-list
+++ b/nbbuild/external/binaries-list
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 8D4F73654DAAE212850ADC3B0C02E5E056974B48 org.apache.rat:apache-rat:0.15
-F581B42DDBBDEC18BE04308366C9B5CA11735775 jakarta.tck:sigtest-maven-plugin:2.3
+7EEF727AF7FCDAB0C7E8253456A9749646309360 jakarta.tck:sigtest-maven-plugin:2.7
 C9AD4A0850AB676C5C64461A05CA524CDFFF59F1 com.googlecode.json-simple:json-simple:1.1.1
 3A4E4ECCF553036BB0DDBA675486D574B62A01D8 org.apache.netbeans.modules.jackpot30:tool:12.3
 F6E1D8A8819F854B681C8EAA57FD59A42329E10C org.jsoup:jsoup:1.15.3
diff --git a/nbbuild/external/sigtest-maven-plugin-2.3-license.txt b/nbbuild/external/sigtest-maven-plugin-2.7-license.txt
similarity index 99%
rename from nbbuild/external/sigtest-maven-plugin-2.3-license.txt
rename to nbbuild/external/sigtest-maven-plugin-2.7-license.txt
index d474a5be0f31..e8f110cbce54 100644
--- a/nbbuild/external/sigtest-maven-plugin-2.3-license.txt
+++ b/nbbuild/external/sigtest-maven-plugin-2.7-license.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Name: API Signature Testing Tool
-Version: 2.3
+Version: 2.7
 License: GPL-2-CP
-Source: https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/jakartaee-tck-tools/tree/sigtest-2.3/tools/sigtest
+Source: https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/jakartaee-tck-tools/tree/sigtest-2.7/tools/sigtest
 Description: Signature test modified for NetBeans
 Origin: OpenJDK (modified by NetBeans)
 Type: compile-time
diff --git a/nbbuild/templates/projectized.xml b/nbbuild/templates/projectized.xml
index e001e3bb42e0..56a3a700cd19 100644
--- a/nbbuild/templates/projectized.xml
+++ b/nbbuild/templates/projectized.xml
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@
         <property name="sigtest.public.packages" value="${public.packages}"/>
         <property name="sigtest.fail.on.error" value="true"/>
         <taskdef name="sigtest" classname="org.netbeans.nbbuild.Sigtest" classpath="${nbantext.jar}"/>
-        <property name="sigtest.jar" location="${nb_all}/nbbuild/external/sigtest-maven-plugin-2.3.jar"/>
+        <property name="sigtest.jar" location="${nb_all}/nbbuild/external/sigtest-maven-plugin-2.7.jar"/>
         <loadproperties srcFile="${manifest.mf}" prefix="mf.">
             <filterchain>
                 <replaceregex pattern="[\n\r]+ ([^ ][^\n\r]*)"