diff --git a/maven/poi-ooxml-schemas.pom b/maven/poi-ooxml-schemas.pom
index 361fe64f3..6eba8254b 100755
--- a/maven/poi-ooxml-schemas.pom
+++ b/maven/poi-ooxml-schemas.pom
@@ -64,5 +64,10 @@
       <artifactId>xmlbeans</artifactId>
       <version>2.3.0</version>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId>
+      <artifactId>geronimo-stax-api_1.0_spec</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>