diff --git a/airbyte_cdk/sources/file_based/file_types/excel_parser.py b/airbyte_cdk/sources/file_based/file_types/excel_parser.py
index f99ca0180..d32505be5 100644
--- a/airbyte_cdk/sources/file_based/file_types/excel_parser.py
+++ b/airbyte_cdk/sources/file_based/file_types/excel_parser.py
@@ -191,4 +191,4 @@ def open_and_parse_file(fp: Union[IOBase, str, Path]) -> pd.DataFrame:
         Returns:
             pd.DataFrame: Parsed data from the Excel file.
         """
-        return pd.ExcelFile(fp, engine="calamine").parse()  # type: ignore [arg-type, call-overload, no-any-return]
+        return pd.ExcelFile(fp, engine="openpyxl").parse()  # type: ignore [arg-type, call-overload, no-any-return]