diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8ca33be66..3a4cbb1ff 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
                 <artifactId>poi</artifactId>
-                <version>3.6</version>
+                <version>4.1.1</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
             <artifactId>poi</artifactId>
-            <version>3.6</version>
+            <version>4.1.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>