diff --git a/registryparser/pom.xml b/registryparser/pom.xml
index 43fb9fcd..80175cd3 100644
--- a/registryparser/pom.xml
+++ b/registryparser/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <poi.version>4.1.1</poi.version>
+        <poi.version>5.4.0</poi.version>
     </properties>
     <name>Codice Imaging: NITF Registry Values Parser</name>
     <build>