diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 76ef099376..342925fd9d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
       <artifactId>poi</artifactId>
-      <version>3.7</version>
+      <version>3.17</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>