diff --git a/addon/YaCy.app/Contents/Info.plist b/addon/YaCy.app/Contents/Info.plist
index ab98026a0e..df96aa7075 100644
--- a/addon/YaCy.app/Contents/Info.plist
+++ b/addon/YaCy.app/Contents/Info.plist
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@
 			<string>$JAVAROOT/lib/metadata-extractor-2.6.2.jar</string>
 			<string>$JAVAROOT/lib/noggit-0.5.jar</string>
 			<string>$JAVAROOT/lib/pdfbox-1.8.3.jar</string>
-			<string>$JAVAROOT/lib/poi-3.6-20091214.jar</string>
-			<string>$JAVAROOT/lib/poi-scratchpad-3.6-20091214.jar</string>
+			<string>$JAVAROOT/lib/poi-3.9-20121203.jar</string>
+			<string>$JAVAROOT/lib/poi-scratchpad-3.9-20121203.jar</string>
 			<string>$JAVAROOT/lib/sax-2.0.1.jar</string>
 			<string>$JAVAROOT/lib/slf4j-api-1.7.2.jar</string>
 			<string>$JAVAROOT/lib/slf4j-jdk14-1.7.2.jar</string>
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 3521f95e8e..108fee6e48 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -221,8 +221,8 @@
     	<pathelement location="${lib}/metadata-extractor-2.6.2.jar" />
     	<pathelement location="${lib}/noggit-0.5.jar" />
         <pathelement location="${lib}/pdfbox-1.8.3.jar" />
-    	<pathelement location="${lib}/poi-3.6-20091214.jar" />
-    	<pathelement location="${lib}/poi-scratchpad-3.6-20091214.jar" />
+    	<pathelement location="${lib}/poi-3.9-20121203.jar" />
+    	<pathelement location="${lib}/poi-scratchpad-3.9-20121203.jar" />
     	<pathelement location="${lib}/sax-2.0.1.jar" />
         <pathelement location="${lib}/slf4j-api-1.7.2.jar" />
         <pathelement location="${lib}/slf4j-jdk14-1.7.2.jar" />
diff --git a/lib/poi-3.6-20091214.jar b/lib/poi-3.6-20091214.jar
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diff --git a/lib/poi-3.6-20091214.License b/lib/poi-3.9-20121203.License
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/poi-3.6-20091214.License
rename to lib/poi-3.9-20121203.License
diff --git a/lib/poi-3.9-20121203.jar b/lib/poi-3.9-20121203.jar
new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/lib/poi-scratchpad-3.6-20091214.jar b/lib/poi-scratchpad-3.6-20091214.jar
deleted file mode 100644
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diff --git a/lib/poi-scratchpad-3.6-20091214.License b/lib/poi-scratchpad-3.9-20121203.License
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/poi-scratchpad-3.6-20091214.License
rename to lib/poi-scratchpad-3.9-20121203.License
diff --git a/lib/poi-scratchpad-3.9-20121203.jar b/lib/poi-scratchpad-3.9-20121203.jar
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