diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 567856e91..58b232092 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
       <artifactId>poi-scratchpad</artifactId>
-      <version>3.8</version>
+      <version>5.2.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-validator</groupId>