diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2bbaec958..ee29cdb75 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1206,7 +1206,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
                 <artifactId>poi-scratchpad</artifactId>
-                <version>3.17</version>
+                <version>5.2.1</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>