diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 776a5cdd1ca..21f7e3cc9a0 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ plugins {
 repositories {
     mavenCentral()
     // maven { url 'https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/staging' }
+    maven {
+        url 'https://central.sonatype.com/repository/maven-snapshots/'
+    }
 }
 
 // Only add the plugin for Sonar if enabled
@@ -116,7 +119,7 @@ subprojects {
         log4jVersion = '2.24.3'
         mockitoVersion = '4.11.0'
         hamcrestVersion = '3.0'
-        xmlbeansVersion = '5.3.0'
+        xmlbeansVersion = '5.4.0-SNAPSHOT'
         batikVersion = '1.19'
         graphics2dVersion = '3.0.3'
         pdfboxVersion = '3.0.5'
@@ -168,6 +171,9 @@ subprojects {
     repositories {
         mavenCentral()
         // maven { url 'https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/staging' }
+        maven {
+            url 'https://central.sonatype.com/repository/maven-snapshots/'
+        }
     }
 
     dependencies {
diff --git a/poi-ooxml-full/build.gradle b/poi-ooxml-full/build.gradle
index 4495a6c8b4d..b5449d660f3 100644
--- a/poi-ooxml-full/build.gradle
+++ b/poi-ooxml-full/build.gradle
@@ -34,7 +34,10 @@ sourceSets {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    api "org.apache.xmlbeans:xmlbeans:${xmlbeansVersion}"
+    api ("com.github.pjfanning:xmlbeans:${xmlbeansVersion}") {
+        transitive = false
+    }
+    implementation "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:${log4jVersion}"
 }
 
 idea {
diff --git a/poi-ooxml-lite-agent/build.gradle b/poi-ooxml-lite-agent/build.gradle
index fef003b3274..1779fa2c771 100644
--- a/poi-ooxml-lite-agent/build.gradle
+++ b/poi-ooxml-lite-agent/build.gradle
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ sourceSets {
 dependencies {
     api 'net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy:1.17.5'
     api 'net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy-agent:1.17.5'
-    api "org.apache.xmlbeans:xmlbeans:${xmlbeansVersion}"
+    api ("com.github.pjfanning:xmlbeans:${xmlbeansVersion}") {
+        transitive = false
+    }
+    implementation "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:${log4jVersion}"
 }
 
 final MODULE_NAME = 'org.apache.poi.ooxml_lite'
diff --git a/poi-ooxml-lite/build.gradle b/poi-ooxml-lite/build.gradle
index 655b8fc32ce..9bdfea89916 100644
--- a/poi-ooxml-lite/build.gradle
+++ b/poi-ooxml-lite/build.gradle
@@ -34,7 +34,10 @@ sourceSets {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    api "org.apache.xmlbeans:xmlbeans:${xmlbeansVersion}"
+    api ("com.github.pjfanning:xmlbeans:${xmlbeansVersion}") {
+        transitive = false
+    }
+    implementation "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:${log4jVersion}"
     compileOnly project(':poi-ooxml-full')
 }
 
diff --git a/poi-ooxml/build.gradle b/poi-ooxml/build.gradle
index 8a9309799b6..ba824cf60ad 100644
--- a/poi-ooxml/build.gradle
+++ b/poi-ooxml/build.gradle
@@ -58,7 +58,9 @@ dependencies {
     api project(':poi-ooxml-full')
     api project(path: ':poi-ooxml-full', configuration: 'archives')
 
-    api "org.apache.xmlbeans:xmlbeans:${xmlbeansVersion}"
+    api ("com.github.pjfanning:xmlbeans:${xmlbeansVersion}") {
+        transitive = false
+    }
     api "org.apache.commons:commons-compress:${commonsCompressVersion}"
     api "commons-io:commons-io:${commonsIoVersion}"
     api 'com.github.virtuald:curvesapi:1.08'