diff --git a/smalltools/pom.xml b/smalltools/pom.xml
index 87017e2..c9dcca3 100644
--- a/smalltools/pom.xml
+++ b/smalltools/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
             <artifactId>poi</artifactId>
-            <version>3.17</version>
+            <version>4.1.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>