diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 53db06845e..dd46d46965 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ gem 'hpricot', '~>0.8.2'
 gem 'libxml-ruby', '~>2.9.0', require: 'libxml'
 gem 'uuid', '~>2.3'
 gem 'RedCloth', '>=4.3.0'
-gem 'simple-spreadsheet-extractor', '~> 0.18.0'
+gem 'simple-spreadsheet-extractor', '0.18.1'
 gem 'open4'
 gem 'sample-template-generator', '~>0.7'
 gem 'rmagick', '4.2.5'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 8f9cfa2612..7410cf9f69 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ GEM
     citeproc-ruby (2.0.0)
       citeproc (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.9)
       csl (~> 2.0)
-    climate_control (0.2.0)
+    climate_control (1.2.0)
     code_analyzer (0.5.5)
       sexp_processor
     coderay (1.1.3)
@@ -774,9 +774,9 @@ GEM
     rubyntlm (0.6.3)
     rubyzip (2.0.0)
     rugged (1.1.0)
-    sample-template-generator (0.7.0)
+    sample-template-generator (0.7.1)
       rdoc (~> 6.0)
-      terrapin (~> 0.6)
+      terrapin (~> 1.0)
     sass-rails (6.0.0)
       sassc-rails (~> 2.1, >= 2.1.1)
     sassc (2.4.0)
@@ -821,9 +821,9 @@ GEM
       rdf-xsd (~> 3.2)
       sparql (~> 3.2)
       sxp (~> 1.2)
-    simple-spreadsheet-extractor (0.18.0)
+    simple-spreadsheet-extractor (0.18.1)
       libxml-ruby (~> 2.9)
-      terrapin (~> 0.6)
+      terrapin (~> 1.0)
     simplecov (0.21.2)
       docile (~> 1.1)
       simplecov-html (~> 0.11)
@@ -875,8 +875,8 @@ GEM
     teaspoon-mocha (2.3.3)
       teaspoon (>= 1.0.0)
     temple (0.8.2)
-    terrapin (0.6.0)
-      climate_control (>= 0.0.3, < 1.0)
+    terrapin (1.0.1)
+      climate_control
     terser (1.1.8)
       execjs (>= 0.3.0, < 3)
     test-prof (1.0.7)
@@ -1073,7 +1073,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   sass-rails (>= 6)
   savon (= 1.1.0)
   seedbank
-  simple-spreadsheet-extractor (~> 0.18.0)
+  simple-spreadsheet-extractor (= 0.18.1)
   simplecov
   sprockets-rails
   sqlite3 (~> 1.4)
diff --git a/test/factories/content_blobs.rb b/test/factories/content_blobs.rb
index b968107ef8..392295c3fe 100644
--- a/test/factories/content_blobs.rb
+++ b/test/factories/content_blobs.rb
@@ -313,6 +313,12 @@
     content_type { 'application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet' }
     data { File.new("#{Rails.root}/test/fixtures/files/blank-master-template.xlsx", 'rb').read }
   end
+
+  factory(:spreadsheet_with_error_logs_content_blob, parent: :content_blob) do
+    original_filename { 'spreadsheet-with-poi-error-logs.xlsx' }
+    content_type { 'application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet' }
+    data { File.new("#{Rails.root}/test/fixtures/files/spreadsheet-with-poi-error-logs.xlsx", 'rb').read }
+  end
   
   factory(:blank_content_blob, class: ContentBlob) do
     url { nil }
diff --git a/test/factories/data_files.rb b/test/factories/data_files.rb
index 630776077d..6b414f23df 100644
--- a/test/factories/data_files.rb
+++ b/test/factories/data_files.rb
@@ -121,6 +121,10 @@
   factory(:small_test_spreadsheet_datafile, parent: :data_file) do
     association :content_blob, factory: :small_test_spreadsheet_content_blob
   end
+
+  factory(:spreadsheet_with_error_logs_datafile, parent: :data_file) do
+    association :content_blob, factory: :spreadsheet_with_error_logs_content_blob
+  end
   
   factory(:strain_sample_data_file, parent: :data_file) do
     association :content_blob, factory: :strain_sample_data_content_blob
diff --git a/test/fixtures/files/spreadsheet-with-poi-error-logs.xlsx b/test/fixtures/files/spreadsheet-with-poi-error-logs.xlsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..54c90e9bf1
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/fixtures/files/spreadsheet-with-poi-error-logs.xlsx differ
diff --git a/test/functional/data_files_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/data_files_controller_test.rb
index db1506bb81..0d4b0cd3a7 100644
--- a/test/functional/data_files_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/data_files_controller_test.rb
@@ -1255,6 +1255,13 @@ def test_show_item_attributed_to_jerm_file
     assert_response :success
   end
 
+  test 'explore spreadsheet with error logs' do
+    data = FactoryBot.create :spreadsheet_with_error_logs_datafile, policy: FactoryBot.create(:public_policy)
+    get :explore, params: { id: data }
+    assert_response :success
+    assert_select 'div#spreadsheet_1 table.sheet td#cell_B4',text:'ProjectDescription'
+  end
+
   test 'explore earlier version' do
 
     df = FactoryBot.create(:small_test_spreadsheet_datafile)