Upgraded poi to version and added the jar bundle from apache site. However getting below error :
java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.openxmlformats.schemas.spreadsheetml.x2006.main.CTFont.addNewFamily()
However verified that the JAR is available in the project and accessible via code too.
As per comments from @axel which worked, posting it as an answer for better reach.
Version 5.0.0 of apache poi cannot use ooxml-schemas-1.4.jar anymore.
It needs poi-ooxml-lite...jar or poi-ooxml-full...jar. So make sure there is not ooxml-schemas-1.4.jar in class path when apache poi 5.0.0 is used