diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index f0a9a6577..d4786c558 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         "webit/eval-math" : "^1.0",
         "mustangostang/spyc": "0.5.*",
         "realityking/pchart": "dev-master",
-        "phpoffice/phpexcel": "~1.8",
+        "phpoffice/phpspreadsheet": "^1.17.0",
         "kriswallsmith/assetic": "~1.2",
         "lib-pcre" : ">=8.0",
         "net/http" : "^1.1",
diff --git a/core/modules/search/Components.php b/core/modules/search/Components.php
index ec14969e4..904532d3e 100644
--- a/core/modules/search/Components.php
+++ b/core/modules/search/Components.php
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 
     use thebuggenie\core\framework,
         thebuggenie\core\entities,
-        thebuggenie\core\entities\tables;
+        thebuggenie\core\entities\tables,
+        PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Spreadsheet;
 
     class Components extends framework\ActionComponent
     {
@@ -120,15 +121,10 @@ public function componentResults_normal_sheet()
         {
             $this->custom_columns = entities\CustomDatatype::getAll();
             $this->cc = (isset($this->cc)) ? $this->cc : 0;
-            require realpath(THEBUGGENIE_VENDOR_PATH) . DS . 'phpoffice' . DS . 'phpexcel' . DS . 'Classes' . DS . 'PHPExcel.php';
-            $phpexcel = new \PHPExcel();
-            foreach ($phpexcel->getAllSheets() as $index => $sheet)
-            {
-                $phpexcel->removeSheetByIndex($index);
-            }
-
-            $this->phpexcel = $phpexcel;
-            $this->sheet = $phpexcel->createSheet();
+            require realpath(THEBUGGENIE_VENDOR_PATH) . DS . 'phpoffice' . DS . 'phpspreadsheet' . DS . 'src' . DS . 'PhpSpreadsheet'  . DS . 'Spreadsheet.php';
+            $spreadsheet = new Spreadsheet();
+            $this->spreadsheet = $spreadsheet;
+            $this->sheet = $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet();
         }
 
         public function componentResults_todo()
diff --git a/core/modules/search/templates/_results_normal_sheet.inc.php b/core/modules/search/templates/_results_normal_sheet.inc.php
index c5b233bb6..fda5a7289 100755
--- a/core/modules/search/templates/_results_normal_sheet.inc.php
+++ b/core/modules/search/templates/_results_normal_sheet.inc.php
@@ -143,15 +143,15 @@
 
     switch ($format) {
         case 'xlsx':
-            $objWriter = new \PHPExcel_Writer_Excel2007($phpexcel);
+            $objWriter = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Xlsx($spreadsheet);
             header('Content-Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet');
             header('Content-Disposition: attachment;filename="issues.xlsx"');
             break;
         case 'ods':
         default:
+            $objWriter = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Ods($spreadsheet);
             header('Content-Type: application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet');
             header('Content-Disposition: attachment;filename="issues.ods"');
-            $objWriter = new \PHPExcel_Writer_OpenDocument($phpexcel);
     }
 
     header('Cache-Control: max-age=0');