diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 42d64413d8..adc477e27a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
                 <artifactId>poi</artifactId>
-                <version>3.6</version>
+                <version>4.1.1</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>