diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e8c562be..d70426f9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
             <artifactId>poi-scratchpad</artifactId>
-            <version>5.0.0</version>
+            <version>5.2.1</version>
         </dependency>
 
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