diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 7a7deeab..7909cb17 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ gem 'elasticsearch-rails'
 gem 'oauth2'
 
 # xlsx
-gem 'axlsx', '2.1.0.pre'
+gem 'axlsx', '3.0.0.pre'
 gem 'axlsx_rails', '0.3.0'
 
 #Ruby 2.2+ has removed test/unit from the core library.