diff --git a/apache-poi-2/README.md b/apache-poi-2/README.md
index 65641e7c37..a3cb408389 100644
--- a/apache-poi-2/README.md
+++ b/apache-poi-2/README.md
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ This module contains articles about Apache POI.
 - [Set the Date Format Using Apache POI](https://www.baeldung.com/java-apache-poi-date-format)
 - [Replacing Variables in a Document Template with Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-replace-pattern-word-document-doc-docx)
 - [Lock Header Rows With Apache POI](https://www.baeldung.com/java-apache-poi-lock-header-rows)
-- More articles: [[<-- prev]](../apache-poi)
+- More articles: [[<-- prev]](../apache-poi)[[next -->]](../apache-poi-3)
diff --git a/apache-poi-2/pom.xml b/apache-poi-2/pom.xml
index 8741b12c8f..e1fb5baf40 100644
--- a/apache-poi-2/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-poi-2/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
-        <poi.version>5.2.3</poi.version>
+        <poi.version>5.2.5</poi.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
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diff --git a/apache-poi-3/README.md b/apache-poi-3/README.md
index b7272d5e69..6a3d8dfa22 100644
--- a/apache-poi-3/README.md
+++ b/apache-poi-3/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
-## Relevant Articles
+## Apache POI
+
+This module contains articles about Apache POI.
+
+### Relevant Articles:
+
 - [How To Convert Excel Data Into List Of Java Objects](https://www.baeldung.com/java-convert-excel-data-into-list)
 - [Expand Columns with Apache POI](https://www.baeldung.com/java-apache-poi-expand-columns)
 - [Apply Bold Text Style for an Entire Row Using Apache POI](https://www.baeldung.com/appache-poi-apply-bold-text-style-entire-row)
+- More articles: [[<-- prev]](../apache-poi-2)
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diff --git a/apache-poi-3/pom.xml b/apache-poi-3/pom.xml
index 8d0204669f..485206d6e8 100644
--- a/apache-poi-3/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-poi-3/pom.xml
@@ -24,50 +24,41 @@
             <artifactId>poi-scratchpad</artifactId>
             <version>${poi.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.github.ozlerhakan/poiji -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.github.ozlerhakan</groupId>
             <artifactId>poiji</artifactId>
             <version>${poiji.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-
-        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.poi/poi/5.2.3 -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
             <artifactId>poi</artifactId>
             <version>${poi.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.poi/poi-ooxml-schemas/4.1.2 -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
             <artifactId>poi-ooxml-schemas</artifactId>
-            <version>4.1.2</version>
+            <version>${poi-ooxml-schemas.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.xmlbeans/xmlbeans/5.1.1 -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.xmlbeans</groupId>
             <artifactId>xmlbeans</artifactId>
-            <version>5.1.1</version>
+            <version>${xmlbeans.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.commons/commons-collections4 -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-collections4</artifactId>
-            <version>4.4</version>
+            <version>${commons-collections4.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.dhatim/fastexcel/0.15.7 -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.dhatim</groupId>
             <artifactId>fastexcel</artifactId>
             <version>${fastexcel.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.dhatim/fastexcel-reader/0.15.7 -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.dhatim</groupId>
             <artifactId>fastexcel-reader</artifactId>
             <version>${fastexcel.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/net.sourceforge.jexcelapi/jxl/2.6.12 -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.sourceforge.jexcelapi</groupId>
             <artifactId>jxl</artifactId>
@@ -77,8 +68,11 @@
 
     <properties>
         <poi.version>5.2.5</poi.version>
-        <poiji.version>4.1.1</poiji.version>
-        <fastexcel.version>0.15.7</fastexcel.version>
+        <poi-ooxml-schemas.version>4.1.2</poi-ooxml-schemas.version>
+        <poiji.version>4.2.0</poiji.version>
+        <xmlbeans.version>5.2.0</xmlbeans.version>
+        <commons-collections4.version>4.4</commons-collections4.version>
+        <fastexcel.version>0.17.0</fastexcel.version>
         <jxl.version>2.6.12</jxl.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/apache-poi/pom.xml b/apache-poi/pom.xml
index 78781cf215..876fca0efe 100644
--- a/apache-poi/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-poi/pom.xml
@@ -60,10 +60,10 @@
     </build>
 
     <properties>
-        <poi.version>5.2.0</poi.version>
-        <jexcel.version>1.0.6</jexcel.version>
-        <fastexcel.version>0.15.3</fastexcel.version>
-        <maven.resources.plugin.version>3.2.0</maven.resources.plugin.version>
+        <poi.version>5.2.5</poi.version>
+        <jexcel.version>1.0.9</jexcel.version>
+        <fastexcel.version>0.17.0</fastexcel.version>
+        <maven.resources.plugin.version>3.3.1</maven.resources.plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
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