diff --git a/book-importer/pom.xml b/book-importer/pom.xml
index cdf8fa7..e727e80 100644
--- a/book-importer/pom.xml
+++ b/book-importer/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
             <artifactId>poi-scratchpad</artifactId>
-            <version>5.0.0</version>
+            <version>5.2.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- MS Word DOCX -->
 <!--        <dependency>-->