diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ecd339ae2d..f1a1488c99 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -137,9 +137,9 @@
     <mockito.version>4.7.0</mockito.version>
     <okhttp.version>4.10.0</okhttp.version>
     <org.spdx.java.spdx.library.version>1.1.1</org.spdx.java.spdx.library.version>
-    <org.spdx.tools.java.version>1.1.5</org.spdx.tools.java.version>
+    <org.spdx.tools.java.version>1.1.8</org.spdx.tools.java.version>
     <package-url.version>1.4.1</package-url.version>
-    <poi.version>4.1.2</poi.version>
+    <poi.version>5.3.0</poi.version>
     <project-lombok.version>1.18.24</project-lombok.version>
     <slf4j.version>1.7.30</slf4j.version>
     <spotless.version>2.29.0</spotless.version>