diff --git a/mpdemo/pom.xml b/mpdemo/pom.xml
index 117f2f2..1b33f48 100644
--- a/mpdemo/pom.xml
+++ b/mpdemo/pom.xml
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
             <artifactId>poi-scratchpad</artifactId>
-            <version>3.9</version>
+            <version>5.2.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>