diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7ba912e57..be00b338d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -161,12 +161,6 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
                 <artifactId>poi-ooxml</artifactId>
                 <version>${poi.version}</version>
-                <exclusions>
-                    <exclusion>
-                        <groupId>org.apache.xmlbeans</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>xmlbeans</artifactId>
-                    </exclusion>
-                </exclusions>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.xmlbeans</groupId>