diff --git a/nifi-extension-bundles/nifi-poi-bundle/nifi-poi-services/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/excel/SplitExcel.java b/nifi-extension-bundles/nifi-poi-bundle/nifi-poi-services/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/excel/SplitExcel.java
index 727440b921..145449bcd0 100644
--- a/nifi-extension-bundles/nifi-poi-bundle/nifi-poi-services/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/excel/SplitExcel.java
+++ b/nifi-extension-bundles/nifi-poi-bundle/nifi-poi-services/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/excel/SplitExcel.java
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ public class SplitExcel extends AbstractProcessor {
     private static final List<PropertyDescriptor> DESCRIPTORS = List.of(PROTECTION_TYPE, PASSWORD);
     private static final Set<Relationship> RELATIONSHIPS = Set.of(REL_ORIGINAL, REL_FAILURE, REL_SPLIT);
     private static final CellCopyPolicy CELL_COPY_POLICY = new CellCopyPolicy.Builder()
-            .cellFormula(CellCopyPolicy.DEFAULT_COPY_CELL_FORMULA_POLICY)
+            .cellFormula(false) // NOTE: setting to false allows for copying the evaluated formula value.
             .cellStyle(false) // NOTE: setting to false avoids exceeding the maximum number of cell styles (64000) in a .xlsx Workbook.
             .cellValue(CellCopyPolicy.DEFAULT_COPY_CELL_VALUE_POLICY)
             .condenseRows(CellCopyPolicy.DEFAULT_CONDENSE_ROWS_POLICY)
diff --git a/nifi-extension-bundles/nifi-poi-bundle/nifi-poi-services/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/excel/TestSplitExcel.java b/nifi-extension-bundles/nifi-poi-bundle/nifi-poi-services/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/excel/TestSplitExcel.java
index 52927b3e26..1f1267c19f 100644
--- a/nifi-extension-bundles/nifi-poi-bundle/nifi-poi-services/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/excel/TestSplitExcel.java
+++ b/nifi-extension-bundles/nifi-poi-bundle/nifi-poi-services/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/excel/TestSplitExcel.java
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ package org.apache.nifi.processors.excel;
 import org.apache.nifi.util.MockFlowFile;
 import org.apache.nifi.util.TestRunner;
 import org.apache.nifi.util.TestRunners;
+import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Cell;
+import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.CellType;
+import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Row;
+import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Sheet;
+import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFWorkbook;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
@@ -26,6 +31,8 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import static org.apache.nifi.flowfile.attributes.FragmentAttributes.FRAGMENT_COUNT;
 import static org.apache.nifi.flowfile.attributes.FragmentAttributes.FRAGMENT_ID;
@@ -33,6 +40,7 @@ import static org.apache.nifi.flowfile.attributes.FragmentAttributes.FRAGMENT_IN
 import static org.apache.nifi.flowfile.attributes.FragmentAttributes.SEGMENT_ORIGINAL_FILENAME;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 
 public class TestSplitExcel {
     private TestRunner runner;
@@ -131,5 +139,31 @@ public class TestSplitExcel {
         runner.assertTransferCount(SplitExcel.REL_SPLIT, 2);
         runner.assertTransferCount(SplitExcel.REL_ORIGINAL, 1);
         runner.assertTransferCount(SplitExcel.REL_FAILURE, 0);
+
+        for (MockFlowFile flowFile : runner.getFlowFilesForRelationship(SplitExcel.REL_SPLIT)) {
+            try (XSSFWorkbook workbook = new XSSFWorkbook(flowFile.getContentStream())) {
+                Sheet firstSheet = workbook.sheetIterator().next();
+
+                // Start from the second row as the first row has column header names
+                List<Cell> formulaCells = Stream.iterate(firstSheet.getFirstRowNum() + 1, rowIndex -> rowIndex + 1)
+                        .limit(firstSheet.getLastRowNum())
+                        .map(firstSheet::getRow)
+                        .filter(Objects::nonNull)
+                        .map(row -> row.getCell(7)) // NOTE: The argument is 0 based although the formula column when viewed in Excel is in the 8th column.
+                        .filter(Objects::nonNull)
+                        .toList();
+
+                for (Cell formulaCell : formulaCells) {
+                    Row row = formulaCell.getRow();
+                    Sheet sheet = row.getSheet();
+                    String messagePrefix = String.format("Cell %s in row %s in sheet %s",
+                            formulaCell.getColumnIndex(), row.getRowNum(), sheet.getSheetName());
+
+                    // If copy cell formula is set to true the cell types would be FORMULA and the numeric value would be 0.0.
+                    assertEquals(CellType.NUMERIC, formulaCell.getCellType(), String.format("%s did not have the expected NUMERIC cell type", messagePrefix));
+                    assertTrue(formulaCell.getNumericCellValue() > 0.0, String.format("%s did not have expected numeric value greater than 0.0", messagePrefix));
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
-}
+}
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diff --git a/nifi-extension-bundles/nifi-poi-bundle/nifi-poi-services/src/test/resources/excel/dataWithSharedFormula.xlsx b/nifi-extension-bundles/nifi-poi-bundle/nifi-poi-services/src/test/resources/excel/dataWithSharedFormula.xlsx
index c399b640cb..056a072374 100644
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