diff --git a/modules/helpers/perftest-support/pom.xml b/modules/helpers/perftest-support/pom.xml
index ee26ff5c533..a19e83409ad 100644
--- a/modules/helpers/perftest-support/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/helpers/perftest-support/pom.xml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
       <dependency>
           <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
           <artifactId>poi</artifactId>
-          <version>3.7</version>
+          <version>3.17</version>
       </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>