diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/pom.xml b/qqq-backend-core/pom.xml
index 2b0530f7..a26f2046 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-core/pom.xml
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/pom.xml
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
          <artifactId>poi-ooxml</artifactId>
-         <version>5.2.5</version>
+         <version>5.4.0</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <!-- adding to help FastExcel -->