diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 48d4999..3993276 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -63,11 +63,11 @@
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
 		<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
-		<tika.version>1.25</tika.version>
+		<tika.version>1.28.5</tika.version>
 		<pdfbox.version>2.0.24</pdfbox.version>
 		<jempbox.version>1.8.16</jempbox.version>
 		<bouncycastle.version>1.70</bouncycastle.version>
-		<poi.version>4.1.2</poi.version>
+		<poi.version>5.2.2</poi.version>
 		<maven.resolver.version>1.6.1</maven.resolver.version>
 		<maven.version>3.6.3</maven.version>
 		<slf4j.version>1.7.30</slf4j.version>
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<!-- aether and it's dependencies for loading CREOLE plugins via Maven -->
+		<!-- aether and org.apache.poiit's dependencies for loading CREOLE plugins via Maven -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.maven.resolver</groupId>
 			<artifactId>maven-resolver-impl</artifactId>
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-			<version>2.8.0</version>
+			<version>2.11.0</version>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>