diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d8d641c80a..9701c50884 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
         <pdfbox-version>2.0.33</pdfbox-version>
         <rome.version>1.19.0</rome.version>
         <slf4j.version>2.0.16</slf4j.version>
-        <tika.version>2.9.2</tika.version>
+        <tika.version>2.9.3</tika.version>
         <!-- Sync BouncyCastle & ASM with whatever version Tika uses -->
         <bouncycastle.version>1.80</bouncycastle.version>
         <asm.version>8.0.1</asm.version>
@@ -1312,6 +1312,12 @@
                 <artifactId>bcutil-jdk18on</artifactId>
                 <version>${bouncycastle.version}</version>
             </dependency>
+            <!-- Tika brings in multiple versions of this. Select the latest version. Always sync with Tika version -->
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>com.healthmarketscience.jackcess</groupId>
+                <artifactId>jackcess</artifactId>
+                <version>4.0.8</version>
+            </dependency>
             <!-- Tika and axiom-api (in dspace-swordv2) disagree on versions -->
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.james</groupId>