diff --git a/core-plugins/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/batch/source/ExcelInputFormat.java b/core-plugins/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/batch/source/ExcelInputFormat.java
index b22ae8369..1b755539d 100644
--- a/core-plugins/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/batch/source/ExcelInputFormat.java
+++ b/core-plugins/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/batch/source/ExcelInputFormat.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package io.cdap.plugin.batch.source;
 
+import com.github.pjfanning.xlsx.StreamingReader;
 import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 import com.google.common.base.Strings;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
@@ -146,8 +147,10 @@ public void initialize(InputSplit genericSplit, TaskAttemptContext context) thro
       String sheetValue = job.get(SHEET_VALUE);
 
       Sheet workSheet; // sheet can be used as common for XSSF and HSSF workbook
+      // match regex pattern *.xls or *.xlsx
       try {
-        Workbook workbook = WorkbookFactory.create(fileIn);
+        //  Workbook workbook = WorkbookFactory.create(fileIn);
+        Workbook workbook = StreamingReader.builder().rowCacheSize(10).open(fileIn);
         if (sheet.equalsIgnoreCase(SHEET_NAME)) {
           workSheet = workbook.getSheet(sheetValue);
         } else {
@@ -157,7 +160,8 @@ public void initialize(InputSplit genericSplit, TaskAttemptContext context) thro
         throw new IllegalArgumentException("Exception while reading excel sheet. " + e.getMessage(), e);
       }
 
-      rowCount = job.getInt(ROWS_LIMIT, workSheet.getPhysicalNumberOfRows());
+//      rowCount = job.getInt(ROWS_LIMIT, workSheet.getPhysicalNumberOfRows());
+      rowCount = job.getInt(ROWS_LIMIT, 10000);
       rows = workSheet.iterator();
       lastRowNum = workSheet.getLastRowNum();
       rowIdx = 0;