diff --git a/.classpath b/.classpath
index 98308515c..51d34410c 100644
--- a/.classpath
+++ b/.classpath
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@
 	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="lib/pdfbox-2.0.8.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="lib/bcmail-jdk15-1.46.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="lib/bcprov-jdk15-1.46.jar"/>
-	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="lib/poi-3.16.jar"/>
-	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="lib/poi-scratchpad-3.16.jar"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="lib/poi-3.17.jar"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="lib/poi-scratchpad-3.17.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="lib/commons-io-2.5.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="lib/slf4j-api-1.7.24.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="lib/chardet.jar"/>
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index acfc83774..84126b552 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -246,8 +246,8 @@
     	<pathelement location="${lib}/org.restlet.jar" />
     	<pathelement location="${lib}/langdetect.jar" />
         <pathelement location="${lib}/pdfbox-2.0.8.jar" />
-    	<pathelement location="${lib}/poi-3.16.jar" />
-    	<pathelement location="${lib}/poi-scratchpad-3.16.jar" />
+    	<pathelement location="${lib}/poi-3.17.jar" />
+    	<pathelement location="${lib}/poi-scratchpad-3.17.jar" />
         <pathelement location="${lib}/slf4j-api-1.7.24.jar" />
         <pathelement location="${lib}/slf4j-jdk14-1.7.24.jar" />
         <pathelement location="${lib}/solr-core-6.6.2.jar" />
diff --git a/lib/poi-3.16.License b/lib/poi-3.17.License
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/poi-3.16.License
rename to lib/poi-3.17.License
diff --git a/lib/poi-3.16.jar b/lib/poi-3.17.jar
similarity index 62%
rename from lib/poi-3.16.jar
rename to lib/poi-3.17.jar
index 1831e3c80..353ce765c 100644
Binary files a/lib/poi-3.16.jar and b/lib/poi-3.17.jar differ
diff --git a/lib/poi-scratchpad-3.16.jar b/lib/poi-scratchpad-3.17.jar
similarity index 67%
rename from lib/poi-scratchpad-3.16.jar
rename to lib/poi-scratchpad-3.17.jar
index 778845440..12ba1f1fa 100644
Binary files a/lib/poi-scratchpad-3.16.jar and b/lib/poi-scratchpad-3.17.jar differ
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 611e9c64f..631ca2855 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -513,13 +513,13 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
             <artifactId>poi</artifactId>
-            <version>3.16</version>
+            <version>3.17</version>
             <type>jar</type>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
             <artifactId>poi-scratchpad</artifactId>
-            <version>3.16</version>
+            <version>3.17</version>
             <type>jar</type>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>