diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 239f31ac2..cfe486cef 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     <langchain4j.version>0.36.2</langchain4j.version>
     <langchain4j-embeddings.version>0.36.2</langchain4j-embeddings.version>
     <quarkus-antora.version>1.0.0</quarkus-antora.version>
-    <quarkus-poi.version>2.0.4</quarkus-poi.version> <!-- we need to use this version because langchain4j uses POI 5.2.3 instead of 5.2.5 and the substitution needed is different in the two versions -->
+    <quarkus-poi.version>2.1.1</quarkus-poi.version> <!-- we need to use this version because langchain4j uses POI 5.2.3 instead of 5.2.5 and the substitution needed is different in the two versions -->
     <assertj.version>3.26.3</assertj.version>
     <wiremock.version>3.10.0</wiremock.version>
     <sundrio.version>0.200.0</sundrio.version>