diff --git a/OWL2Bench/pom.xml b/OWL2Bench/pom.xml
index c13e7d2d..1e3531a6 100644
--- a/OWL2Bench/pom.xml
+++ b/OWL2Bench/pom.xml
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
             <artifactId>poi-scratchpad</artifactId>
-            <version>4.1.0</version>
+            <version>5.2.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>