diff --git a/testng-maven/pom.xml b/testng-maven/pom.xml
index 0b0ec13..4797324 100644
--- a/testng-maven/pom.xml
+++ b/testng-maven/pom.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
 			<artifactId>poi-scratchpad</artifactId>
-			<version>3.9</version>
+			<version>5.2.1</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>