diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4bfd7493d0..b3ebc6f3f3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     <commons-collections4.version>4.5.0</commons-collections4.version>
     <commons-validator.version>1.10.1</commons-validator.version>
     <commons-text.version>1.15.0</commons-text.version>
-    <excel-streaming-reader.version>4.4.0</excel-streaming-reader.version>
+    <excel-streaming-reader.version>5.2.0</excel-streaming-reader.version>
     <freemarker.version>2.3.34</freemarker.version>
     <frictionless.datapackage-java.version>0.9.8-gbif</frictionless.datapackage-java.version>
     <frictionless.tableschema-java.version>0.9.8-gbif</frictionless.tableschema-java.version>