diff --git a/user-management-service/pom.xml b/user-management-service/pom.xml
index 139a7d39f2..15d2d74690 100644
--- a/user-management-service/pom.xml
+++ b/user-management-service/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
       <artifactId>poi-ooxml</artifactId>
-      <version>3.17</version>
+      <version>5.4.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
     	<groupId>com.opencsv</groupId>