diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d82142b7e6..be1414e3ff 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     <commons-collections4.version>4.4</commons-collections4.version>
     <commons-validator.version>1.9.0</commons-validator.version>
     <commons-text.version>1.12.0</commons-text.version>
-    <excel-streaming-reader.version>4.4.0</excel-streaming-reader.version>
+    <excel-streaming-reader.version>5.0.2</excel-streaming-reader.version>
     <freemarker.version>2.3.33</freemarker.version>
     <frictionless.datapackage-java.version>0.6.16.1-gbif</frictionless.datapackage-java.version>
     <gson.version>2.11.0</gson.version>