diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index aecad67..9b68cd6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
             <artifactId>poi-scratchpad</artifactId>
-            <version>3.15</version>
+            <version>5.2.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.itextpdf.tool/xmlworker -->
         <dependency>