diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 1f7e757eaa..30ed785a70 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -124,9 +124,8 @@ under the License.
     <property name="ooxml.xmlbeans.jar" location="${ooxml.lib}/xmlbeans-2.3.0.jar"/>
     <property name="ooxml.xmlbeans.url"
               value="${repository.m2}/maven2/org/apache/xmlbeans/xmlbeans/2.3.0/xmlbeans-2.3.0.jar"/>
-    <property name="ooxml.jsr173.jar" location="${ooxml.lib}/geronimo-stax-api_1.0_spec-1.0.jar"/>
-    <property name="ooxml.jsr173.url"
-              value="${repository.m2}/maven2/org/apache/geronimo/specs/geronimo-stax-api_1.0_spec/1.0/geronimo-stax-api_1.0_spec-1.0.jar"/>
+    <property name="ooxml.jsr173.jar" location="${ooxml.lib}/stax-api-1.0.1.jar"/>
+    <property name="ooxml.jsr173.url" value="${repository.m2}/maven2/stax/stax-api/1.0.1/stax-api-1.0.1.jar"/>
 
     <!-- See http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-376.htm -->
     <!-- "Copy these file(s), free of charge" -->
@@ -910,7 +909,7 @@ under the License.
             <zipfileset dir="${main.lib}" prefix="${zipdir}/lib" includes="*.jar"/>
             <zipfileset dir="${ooxml.lib}" prefix="${zipdir}/ooxml-lib">
               <include name="dom4j-*.jar"/>
-              <include name="geronimo-stax-*.jar"/>
+              <include name="stax-api-*.jar"/>
               <include name="xmlbeans-*.jar"/>
             </zipfileset>
             <zipfileset dir="${dist.dir}" prefix="${zipdir}">
@@ -934,7 +933,7 @@ under the License.
             <tarfileset dir="${main.lib}" prefix="${zipdir}/lib" includes="*.jar"/>
             <tarfileset dir="${ooxml.lib}" prefix="${zipdir}/ooxml-lib">
               <include name="dom4j-*.jar"/>
-              <include name="geronimo-stax-*.jar"/>
+              <include name="stax-api-*.jar"/>
               <include name="xmlbeans-*.jar"/>
             </tarfileset>
             <tarfileset dir="${build.site}" prefix="${zipdir}/docs"/>
diff --git a/maven/poi-ooxml-schemas.pom b/maven/poi-ooxml-schemas.pom
index 6eba8254b5..361fe64f3f 100755
--- a/maven/poi-ooxml-schemas.pom
+++ b/maven/poi-ooxml-schemas.pom
@@ -64,10 +64,5 @@
       <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>
diff --git a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
index 9bf3cf1da3..65601488e2 100644
--- a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
+++ b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 
     <changes>
         <release version="3.8-beta1" date="2010-??-??">
+           <action dev="poi-developers" type="fix">50581 - Use stax:stax-api instead of org.apache.geronimo.specs:geronimo-stax-api_1.0_spec</action>
            <action dev="poi-developers" type="fix">50786 - Fix XSSFColor to fetch the RGB values of old-style indexed colours</action>
            <action dev="poi-developers" type="fix">50299 - Fix XSSFColor fetching of white and black background themes</action>
            <action dev="poi-developers" type="fix">50795 - Avoid NPE from xmlbeans when moving XSSF Comments from one cell to another</action>