diff --git a/owlcms/pom.xml b/owlcms/pom.xml
index 0ef21c53b..043a41552 100644
--- a/owlcms/pom.xml
+++ b/owlcms/pom.xml
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
 			<artifactId>poi-ooxml</artifactId>
-			<version>4.1.2</version>
+			<version>5.3.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>commons-beanutils</groupId>