Well, I kind of solved it. After finding this { https://poi.apache.org/faq.html#faq-N10025 } I downloaded and used `ooxml-schemas-x.x.jar`instead of `poi-ooxml-schemas-x.x.jar`. Even though it runs and compiles perfectly with groovy now, I'm still curious about why it didn't work with `poi-ooxml-schemas-x.x.jar` while the java version did.
Cheers.