diff --git a/api/pom.xml b/api/pom.xml
index 71054af..2aa3752 100644
--- a/api/pom.xml
+++ b/api/pom.xml
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
             <artifactId>poi</artifactId>
-            <version>3.7</version>
+            <version>4.1.1</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- IMPORT AND EXPORT API DEPENDENCIES -->
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f8f9711..027d5d9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
             <artifactId>poi</artifactId>
-            <version>3.7</version>
+            <version>4.1.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>