diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b645e4c5..06a43371 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
         <jdk.version>1.8</jdk.version>
         <gpg.skip>true</gpg.skip>
         <maven.javadoc.skip>true</maven.javadoc.skip>
-        <org.apache.poi>4.1.2</org.apache.poi>
     </properties>
 
     <scm>