diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6dd03ce03..bc438b072 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1099,7 +1099,7 @@
          <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
             <artifactId>poi-scratchpad</artifactId>
-            <version>3.6</version>
+            <version>5.2.1</version>
          </dependency>
          <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>