diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2a8a83c1..2c565d74 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1084,7 +1084,7 @@
          <dependency>
            <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
            <artifactId>poi</artifactId>
-           <version>3.6</version>
+           <version>3.17</version>
          </dependency>
          <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>