diff --git a/dhis-2/pom.xml b/dhis-2/pom.xml
index 087529c22..dcde607c9 100644
--- a/dhis-2/pom.xml
+++ b/dhis-2/pom.xml
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
         <artifactId>poi</artifactId>
-        <version>3.17</version>
+        <version>4.1.1</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>