diff --git a/poi-ooxml/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/TestXSSFBugs.java b/poi-ooxml/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/TestXSSFBugs.java
index 1d6cac19b4..80a7a140d5 100644
--- a/poi-ooxml/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/TestXSSFBugs.java
+++ b/poi-ooxml/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/TestXSSFBugs.java
@@ -3701,8 +3701,8 @@ public final class TestXSSFBugs extends BaseTestBugzillaIssues {
             assertEquals(CellType.ERROR, a1.getCachedFormulaResultType());
             FormulaEvaluator evaluator = workbook.getCreationHelper().createFormulaEvaluator();
             CellValue cv1 = evaluator.evaluate(a1);
-            //this next line should probably return CellType.ERROR
-            assertEquals(CellType.NUMERIC, cv1.getCellType());
+            assertEquals(CellType.ERROR, cv1.getCellType());
+            assertEquals(ErrorEval.VALUE_INVALID.getErrorCode(), cv1.getErrorValue());
         }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/poi/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/ss/formula/functions/Value.java b/poi/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/ss/formula/functions/Value.java
index d2a1f24fc7..b3c6cb3c45 100644
--- a/poi/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/ss/formula/functions/Value.java
+++ b/poi/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/ss/formula/functions/Value.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import org.apache.poi.ss.formula.eval.NumberEval;
 import org.apache.poi.ss.formula.eval.OperandResolver;
 import org.apache.poi.ss.formula.eval.ValueEval;
 import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.DateUtil;
+import org.apache.poi.util.StringUtil;
 
 import java.time.DateTimeException;
 
@@ -52,6 +53,9 @@ public final class Value extends Fixed1ArgFunction implements ArrayFunction {
             return e.getErrorEval();
         }
         String strText = OperandResolver.coerceValueToString(veText);
+        if (StringUtil.isBlank(strText)) {
+            return ErrorEval.VALUE_INVALID;
+        }
         Double result = convertTextToNumber(strText);
         if (result == null) result = parseDateTime(strText);
         if (result == null) {
diff --git a/poi/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/ss/formula/functions/TestValue.java b/poi/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/ss/formula/functions/TestValue.java
index 83bf4b6c13..03f8aab85a 100644
--- a/poi/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/ss/formula/functions/TestValue.java
+++ b/poi/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/ss/formula/functions/TestValue.java
@@ -93,5 +93,6 @@ final class TestValue {
         confirmValueError(",300");
         confirmValueError("0.233,4");
         confirmValueError("1e2.5");
+        confirmValueError("");
     }
 }