diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 066b79d..54e48a4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@
 	<dependency>
 	    <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
 	    <artifactId>poi-scratchpad</artifactId>
-	    <version>3.9</version>
+	    <version>5.2.1</version>
 	</dependency>
 	
 	<!-- add word converter html -->