diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6002d81..d141eae 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
             <artifactId>poi-scratchpad</artifactId>
-            <version>3.12</version>
+            <version>5.2.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.pdfbox</groupId>