diff --git a/specrunner-core-excel/pom.xml b/specrunner-core-excel/pom.xml
index 970d0a1b..c488e3af 100644
--- a/specrunner-core-excel/pom.xml
+++ b/specrunner-core-excel/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
 			<artifactId>poi</artifactId>
-			<version>3.14</version>
+			<version>4.1.1</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>