The Apache POI project is pleased to announce the release of POI 5.2.5. This is primarily a bug fix release. See the downloads page for source distributions: https://poi.apache.org/download.html Release Notes Changes ------------ A full list of changes is available in the change log: https://poi.apache.org/changes.html. People interested should also follow the dev mailing list to track further progress. Release Contents ---------------- This release comprises a source archive from which you can build POI (poi-src-5.2.5-20231118.zip or poi-src-5.2.5-20231118.tgz) Unpack the archive and use the following command to build all POI components with JDK 1.8 or higher: gradle jar Pre-built versions of all POI components are also available in the central Maven repository under Group ID "org.apache.poi" and Version "5.2.5" All release artifacts are accompanied by SHA checksums and PGP signatures that you can use to verify the authenticity of your download. The public key used for the PGP signature can be found at https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/poi/tags/REL_5_2_5/KEYS About Apache POI ----------------------- Apache POI is well-known in the Java field as a library for reading and writing Microsoft Office file formats, such as Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Visio, Publisher and Outlook. It supports both the older (OLE2) and new (OOXML - Office Open XML) formats. See https://poi.apache.org/ for more details