diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 218e06ccc..539000b68 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
             <artifactId>poi</artifactId>
-            <version>3.17</version>
+            <version>4.1.1</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>