diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a75d78f99..0bf82356e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1201,7 +1201,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
                 <artifactId>poi</artifactId>
-                <version>3.17</version>
+                <version>4.1.1</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>