diff --git a/components/data/data-services/org.wso2.micro.integrator.dataservices.core/pom.xml b/components/data/data-services/org.wso2.micro.integrator.dataservices.core/pom.xml
index 5225fd0593..ba38c74121 100644
--- a/components/data/data-services/org.wso2.micro.integrator.dataservices.core/pom.xml
+++ b/components/data/data-services/org.wso2.micro.integrator.dataservices.core/pom.xml
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@
                     <groupId>org.apache.poi.wso2</groupId>
                     <artifactId>poi-ooxml</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>commons-io.wso2</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -116,6 +120,25 @@
             <groupId>org.wso2.orbit.org.apache.poi</groupId>
             <artifactId>poi-ooxml</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <!--Test dependencies-->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
+            <artifactId>poi-ooxml</artifactId>
+            <version>5.3.0</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
+            <artifactId>poi</artifactId>
+            <version>5.3.0</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.xmlbeans</groupId>
+            <artifactId>xmlbeans</artifactId>
+            <version>5.2.2</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.wso2.orbit.org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-collections4</artifactId>
diff --git a/components/data/data-services/org.wso2.micro.integrator.dataservices.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/micro/integrator/dataservices/core/description/query/ExcelQuery.java b/components/data/data-services/org.wso2.micro.integrator.dataservices.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/micro/integrator/dataservices/core/description/query/ExcelQuery.java
index 748af5d67e..59fde60c4b 100644
--- a/components/data/data-services/org.wso2.micro.integrator.dataservices.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/micro/integrator/dataservices/core/description/query/ExcelQuery.java
+++ b/components/data/data-services/org.wso2.micro.integrator.dataservices.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/micro/integrator/dataservices/core/description/query/ExcelQuery.java
@@ -110,19 +110,19 @@ private String[] extractRowData(Row row) {
                 continue;
             }
             switch (cell.getCellType()) {
-                case HSSFCell.CELL_TYPE_STRING:
+                case STRING:
                     data[i] = cell.getRichStringCellValue().getString();
                     break;
-                case HSSFCell.CELL_TYPE_BLANK:
+                case BLANK:
                     data[i] = "";
                     break;
-                case HSSFCell.CELL_TYPE_BOOLEAN:
+                case BOOLEAN:
                     data[i] = String.valueOf(cell.getBooleanCellValue());
                     break;
-                case HSSFCell.CELL_TYPE_FORMULA:
+                case FORMULA:
                     data[i] = "{formula}";
                     break;
-                case HSSFCell.CELL_TYPE_NUMERIC:
+                case NUMERIC:
                     data[i] = processNumericValue(cell.getNumericCellValue());
                     break;
             }
diff --git a/components/data/data-services/org.wso2.micro.integrator.dataservices.sql.driver/src/main/java/org/wso2/micro/integrator/dataservices/sql/driver/TDriverUtil.java b/components/data/data-services/org.wso2.micro.integrator.dataservices.sql.driver/src/main/java/org/wso2/micro/integrator/dataservices/sql/driver/TDriverUtil.java
index 5ee1f63a09..8114359b71 100644
--- a/components/data/data-services/org.wso2.micro.integrator.dataservices.sql.driver/src/main/java/org/wso2/micro/integrator/dataservices/sql/driver/TDriverUtil.java
+++ b/components/data/data-services/org.wso2.micro.integrator.dataservices.sql.driver/src/main/java/org/wso2/micro/integrator/dataservices/sql/driver/TDriverUtil.java
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ private static ColumnInfo[] getExcelHeaders(Connection connection,
             Cell header = cellItr.next();
             ColumnInfo column = new ColumnInfo(header.getStringCellValue());
             column.setTableName(tableName);
-            column.setSqlType(header.getCellType());
+            column.setSqlType(header.getCellType().getCode());
             column.setId(header.getColumnIndex());
 
             columns.add(column);
diff --git a/components/data/data-services/org.wso2.micro.integrator.dataservices.sql.driver/src/main/java/org/wso2/micro/integrator/dataservices/sql/driver/TExcelConnection.java b/components/data/data-services/org.wso2.micro.integrator.dataservices.sql.driver/src/main/java/org/wso2/micro/integrator/dataservices/sql/driver/TExcelConnection.java
index 1f6c50fdcd..f5fc5a3bc0 100644
--- a/components/data/data-services/org.wso2.micro.integrator.dataservices.sql.driver/src/main/java/org/wso2/micro/integrator/dataservices/sql/driver/TExcelConnection.java
+++ b/components/data/data-services/org.wso2.micro.integrator.dataservices.sql.driver/src/main/java/org/wso2/micro/integrator/dataservices/sql/driver/TExcelConnection.java
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ private Workbook createConnectionToExcelDocument(String filePath, boolean releas
         } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
             throw new SQLException("Could not locate the EXCEL datasource in the provided " +
                     "location", e);
-        } catch (IOException | InvalidFormatException e) {
+        } catch (IOException e) {
             throw new SQLException("Error occurred while initializing the EXCEL datasource", e);
         } catch (InterruptedException e) {
             throw new SQLException("Error Acquiring the lock for the workbook path - " + filePath, e);
diff --git a/components/data/data-services/org.wso2.micro.integrator.dataservices.sql.driver/src/main/java/org/wso2/micro/integrator/dataservices/sql/driver/TResultSet.java b/components/data/data-services/org.wso2.micro.integrator.dataservices.sql.driver/src/main/java/org/wso2/micro/integrator/dataservices/sql/driver/TResultSet.java
index a052bcd0bf..1b1247e9ee 100644
--- a/components/data/data-services/org.wso2.micro.integrator.dataservices.sql.driver/src/main/java/org/wso2/micro/integrator/dataservices/sql/driver/TResultSet.java
+++ b/components/data/data-services/org.wso2.micro.integrator.dataservices.sql.driver/src/main/java/org/wso2/micro/integrator/dataservices/sql/driver/TResultSet.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Cell;
+import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.CellType;
 import org.wso2.micro.integrator.dataservices.sql.driver.processor.reader.DataCell;
 import org.wso2.micro.integrator.dataservices.sql.driver.processor.reader.DataRow;
 import org.wso2.micro.integrator.dataservices.sql.driver.processor.reader.DataTable;
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ public BigDecimal getBigDecimal(String columnLabel, int scale) throws SQLExcepti
         if (cell == null) {
             throw new SQLException("Error occurred while extracting the value");
         }
-        if (cell.getCellType() != Cell.CELL_TYPE_NUMERIC) {
+        if (cell.getCellType() != CellType.NUMERIC.getCode()) {
             throw new SQLException("Value cannot be cast to a string");
         }
         return BigDecimal.valueOf(Long.parseLong(cell.getCellValue().toString()));
diff --git a/components/data/data-services/org.wso2.micro.integrator.dataservices.sql.driver/src/main/java/org/wso2/micro/integrator/dataservices/sql/driver/processor/reader/ExcelDataReader.java b/components/data/data-services/org.wso2.micro.integrator.dataservices.sql.driver/src/main/java/org/wso2/micro/integrator/dataservices/sql/driver/processor/reader/ExcelDataReader.java
index 8f2e785d70..1b9e8e6a9f 100644
--- a/components/data/data-services/org.wso2.micro.integrator.dataservices.sql.driver/src/main/java/org/wso2/micro/integrator/dataservices/sql/driver/processor/reader/ExcelDataReader.java
+++ b/components/data/data-services/org.wso2.micro.integrator.dataservices.sql.driver/src/main/java/org/wso2/micro/integrator/dataservices/sql/driver/processor/reader/ExcelDataReader.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Cell;
+import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.CellType;
 import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Row;
 import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Sheet;
 import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Workbook;
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ public void populateData() throws SQLException {
                     while (cellItr.hasNext()) {
                         Cell cell = cellItr.next();
                         DataCell dataCell =
-                                new DataCell(cellIndex + 1, cell.getCellType(), extractCellValue(cell));
+                                new DataCell(cellIndex + 1, cell.getCellType().getCode(), extractCellValue(cell));
                         dataRow.addCell(dataCell.getColumnId(), dataCell);
                         cellIndex++;
                     }
@@ -77,13 +78,13 @@ public void populateData() throws SQLException {
      */
     private Object extractCellValue(Cell cell) {
         switch (cell.getCellType()) {
-            case Cell.CELL_TYPE_NUMERIC:
+            case NUMERIC:
                 return cell.getNumericCellValue();
-            case Cell.CELL_TYPE_BLANK:
-            case Cell.CELL_TYPE_FORMULA:
-            case Cell.CELL_TYPE_STRING:
+            case BLANK:
+            case FORMULA:
+            case STRING:
                 return cell.getStringCellValue();
-            case Cell.CELL_TYPE_BOOLEAN:
+            case BOOLEAN:
                 return cell.getBooleanCellValue();
             default:
                 return cell.getStringCellValue();
@@ -117,14 +118,14 @@ private ColumnInfo[] extractColumnHeaders(Sheet sheet) throws SQLException {
             while (itr.hasNext()) {
                 Cell cell = itr.next();
                 if (cell != null) {
-                    int cellType = cell.getCellType();
+                    CellType cellType = cell.getCellType();
                     switch (cellType) {
-                        case Cell.CELL_TYPE_STRING:
+                        case STRING:
                             headers.add(new ColumnInfo(cell.getColumnIndex() + 1,
                                     cell.getStringCellValue(), sheet.getSheetName(), Types.VARCHAR,
                                     cell.getColumnIndex() + 1));
                             break;
-                        case Cell.CELL_TYPE_NUMERIC:
+                        case NUMERIC:
                             headers.add(new ColumnInfo(cell.getColumnIndex() + 1,
                                     String.valueOf(cell.getNumericCellValue()),
                                     sheet.getSheetName(), Types.INTEGER,
diff --git a/components/data/data-services/org.wso2.micro.integrator.dataservices.sql.driver/src/main/java/org/wso2/micro/integrator/dataservices/sql/driver/processor/writer/ExcelDataWriter.java b/components/data/data-services/org.wso2.micro.integrator.dataservices.sql.driver/src/main/java/org/wso2/micro/integrator/dataservices/sql/driver/processor/writer/ExcelDataWriter.java
index f46fc55fab..974f4561c9 100644
--- a/components/data/data-services/org.wso2.micro.integrator.dataservices.sql.driver/src/main/java/org/wso2/micro/integrator/dataservices/sql/driver/processor/writer/ExcelDataWriter.java
+++ b/components/data/data-services/org.wso2.micro.integrator.dataservices.sql.driver/src/main/java/org/wso2/micro/integrator/dataservices/sql/driver/processor/writer/ExcelDataWriter.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
-import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Cell;
+import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.CellType;
 import org.wso2.micro.integrator.dataservices.sql.driver.TExcelConnection;
 import org.wso2.micro.integrator.dataservices.sql.driver.processor.reader.DataCell;
 import org.wso2.micro.integrator.dataservices.sql.driver.processor.reader.DataRow;
@@ -62,16 +62,13 @@ public Map<String, DataTable> getData() {
     }
 
     private void commitCell(DataCell cell) {
-        int cellType = cell.getCellType();
+        CellType cellType = CellType.forInt(cell.getCellType());
         switch(cellType) {
-            case Cell.CELL_TYPE_NUMERIC:
-
-            case Cell.CELL_TYPE_BLANK:
-            case Cell.CELL_TYPE_FORMULA:
-            case Cell.CELL_TYPE_STRING:
-
-            case Cell.CELL_TYPE_BOOLEAN:
-
+            case NUMERIC:
+            case BLANK:
+            case FORMULA:
+            case STRING:
+            case BOOLEAN:
             default:
 
         }
diff --git a/distribution/pom.xml b/distribution/pom.xml
index bcbe5ab4de..b6c2bc2663 100644
--- a/distribution/pom.xml
+++ b/distribution/pom.xml
@@ -152,6 +152,14 @@
             <groupId>org.graalvm.js</groupId>
             <artifactId>js-scriptengine</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
+            <artifactId>poi</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
+            <artifactId>poi-ooxml</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
     <build>
         <plugins>
diff --git a/distribution/src/assembly/bin.xml b/distribution/src/assembly/bin.xml
index 1c9afbf7b4..2bfd7c9a54 100755
--- a/distribution/src/assembly/bin.xml
+++ b/distribution/src/assembly/bin.xml
@@ -694,6 +694,9 @@
                 <include>io.netty:netty-tcnative-boringssl-static</include>
                 <!-- need to add this to class path for poi -->
                 <include>org.codehaus.woodstox:stax2-api:jar</include>
+                <!-- poi jars are needed in classpath form the latest version -->
+                <include>org.apache.poi:poi:jar</include>
+                <include>org.apache.poi:poi-ooxml:jar</include>
             </includes>
         </dependencySet>
         <dependencySet>
diff --git a/integration/pom.xml b/integration/pom.xml
index 4a0b87ffcc..19f5f15d34 100644
--- a/integration/pom.xml
+++ b/integration/pom.xml
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@
         <postgresql.version>42.2.12</postgresql.version>
         <mssql-jdbc.version>8.2.2.jre8</mssql-jdbc.version>
         <toml4j.version>0.7.2</toml4j.version>
-        <commons-io.version>2.6</commons-io.version>
+        <commons-io.version>2.17.0</commons-io.version>
         <neethi.orbit.version>2.0.4.wso2v4</neethi.orbit.version>
         <andes.version>3.3.4</andes.version>
         <org.apache.geronimo.specs.version>1.0.1</org.apache.geronimo.specs.version>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c4ffee3012..3608cad7a6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1502,6 +1502,16 @@
                 <artifactId>icu4j</artifactId>
                 <version>${icu.version}</version>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
+                <artifactId>poi-ooxml</artifactId>
+                <version>${poi-ooxml.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
+                <artifactId>poi</artifactId>
+                <version>${poi.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>
 
@@ -1641,7 +1651,7 @@
         <jsonassert.version>1.5.1</jsonassert.version>
         <saml.common.util.version.range>[1.0.0,2.0.0)</saml.common.util.version.range>
         <bouncycastle.orbit.version>1.78.1.wso2v1</bouncycastle.orbit.version>
-        <orbit.version.poi.ooxml>3.17.0.wso2v1</orbit.version.poi.ooxml>
+        <orbit.version.poi.ooxml>5.3.0.wso2v1</orbit.version.poi.ooxml>
         <org.wso2.json.version>3.0.0.wso2v1</org.wso2.json.version>
         <version.equinox.http.servlet>1.1.400.v20130418-1354</version.equinox.http.servlet>
         <version.tomcat>9.0.85</version.tomcat>
@@ -1667,7 +1677,7 @@
         <orbit.version.wsdl4j>1.6.2.wso2v4</orbit.version.wsdl4j>
         <version.XmlSchema>1.4.7-wso2v8</version.XmlSchema>
         <commons-xmlschema.version>1.4.7</commons-xmlschema.version>
-        <version.commons.codec>1.15</version.commons.codec>
+        <version.commons.codec>1.17.1</version.commons.codec>
         <version.annogen>0.1.0.wso2v1</version.annogen>
         <version.backport.util.concurrent>3.1.0.wso2v1</version.backport.util.concurrent>
         <version.commons.fileupload>1.5.0.wso2v1</version.commons.fileupload>
@@ -1677,7 +1687,7 @@
         <orbit.version.commons.lang>2.6.0.wso2v1</orbit.version.commons.lang>
         <version.geronimo.saaj.spec>1.0.1.wso2v2</version.geronimo.saaj.spec>
         <orbit.version.poi>3.17.0.wso2v1</orbit.version.poi>
-        <orbit.version.poi.scratchpad>3.17.0.wso2v1</orbit.version.poi.scratchpad>
+        <orbit.version.poi.scratchpad>5.3.0.wso2v1</orbit.version.poi.scratchpad>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.36</slf4j.version>
         <version.log4j.core>2.17.1</version.log4j.core>
         <version.jaxb>2.2.5.wso2v1</version.jaxb>
@@ -1765,7 +1775,7 @@
         <carbon.commons.logging.imp.pkg.version>0.0.0</carbon.commons.logging.imp.pkg.version> <!-- todo  org.apache.commons.logging package version changed to this since there are no version in current export, after it was fixed change accordingly (should be able to use carbon.kernel.imp.pkg.version). - rajith-->
         <carbon.kernel.imp.pkg.version>[4.4.0,5.0.0)</carbon.kernel.imp.pkg.version>
 
-        <commons-io.version>2.11.0</commons-io.version>
+        <commons-io.version>2.17.0</commons-io.version>
         <commons-io.orbit.imp.pkg.version>0.0.0</commons-io.orbit.imp.pkg.version> <!-- todo change this once commons-io is corrected to use correct version exports - rajith -->
 
         <jena-arq.orbit.version>1.0.0.wso2v1</jena-arq.orbit.version>
@@ -1777,9 +1787,12 @@
         <opencsv.orbit.version>1.8.wso2v1</opencsv.orbit.version>
         <opencsv.orbit.imp.pkg.version>0.0.0</opencsv.orbit.imp.pkg.version> <!--todo change this to appropriate version range ([1.8.wso2v1,1.9)) after osgi bundle was corrected -->
 
-        <poi-ooxml.orbit.version>3.17.0.wso2v1</poi-ooxml.orbit.version>
+        <poi-ooxml.orbit.version>5.3.0.wso2v1</poi-ooxml.orbit.version>
         <poi-ooxml.orbit.imp.pkg.version>0.0.0</poi-ooxml.orbit.imp.pkg.version> <!--todo change this to appropriate version range ([3.9.0.wso2v3,4.0.0)) after osgi bundle is corrected - rajith-->
 
+        <poi-ooxml.version>5.3.0</poi-ooxml.version>
+        <poi.version>5.3.0</poi.version>
+
         <commons-collections4.orbit.version>4.4.wso2v1</commons-collections4.orbit.version>
         <commons-collections4.orbit.imp.pkg.version>0.0.0</commons-collections4.orbit.imp.pkg.version>
 
@@ -1835,7 +1848,7 @@
         <google-oauth-client.orbit.version>1.33.3.wso2v1</google-oauth-client.orbit.version>
         <google-oauth-client.orbit.imp.pkg.version>[1.33.1,2.0)</google-oauth-client.orbit.imp.pkg.version>
 
-        <poi.orbit.version>3.17.0.wso2v1</poi.orbit.version>
+        <poi.orbit.version>5.3.0.wso2v1</poi.orbit.version>
         <poi.orbit.imp.pkg.version>0.0.0</poi.orbit.imp.pkg.version> <!--todo change this to appropriate version range ([3.9.0,4.0.0)) after osgi bundle is corrected - rajith-->
 
         <google-api-client.orbit.version>1.33.1.wso2v2</google-api-client.orbit.version>