diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c9ff043ed..6f356c06f 100755
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # 🚀Changelog
 
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-# 5.8.26(2024-01-26)
+# 5.8.26(2024-02-03)
 
 ### 🐣新特性
 * 【db    】      RedisDS增加user支持（issue#I8XEQ4@Gitee）
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 * 【extra 】      修复SshjSftpSession关闭导致的问题（issue#3472@Github）
 * 【http  】      修复HtmlUtil.removeHtmlAttr处理空格问题（issue#I8YV0K@Gitee）
 * 【core  】      修复CollUtil.containsAll在coll2长度大于coll1时逻辑歧义问题（issue#I8Z2Q4@Gitee）
+* 【poi   】      修复当sheetName 不存在时，ExcelUtil.getReader方法不会释放文件问题（issue#I8ZIQC@Gitee）
 
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 # 5.8.25(2024-01-11)
diff --git a/hutool-poi/src/main/java/cn/hutool/poi/excel/ExcelReader.java b/hutool-poi/src/main/java/cn/hutool/poi/excel/ExcelReader.java
index b3484accb..9819bb51a 100644
--- a/hutool-poi/src/main/java/cn/hutool/poi/excel/ExcelReader.java
+++ b/hutool-poi/src/main/java/cn/hutool/poi/excel/ExcelReader.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package cn.hutool.poi.excel;
 
 import cn.hutool.core.io.FileUtil;
+import cn.hutool.core.io.IoUtil;
 import cn.hutool.core.lang.Assert;
 import cn.hutool.poi.excel.cell.CellEditor;
 import cn.hutool.poi.excel.cell.CellHandler;
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ public class ExcelReader extends ExcelBase<ExcelReader> {
 	 * @param sheetIndex sheet序号，0表示第一个sheet
 	 */
 	public ExcelReader(Workbook book, int sheetIndex) {
-		this(book.getSheetAt(sheetIndex));
+		this(getSheetOrCloseWorkbook(book, sheetIndex));
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -120,7 +121,7 @@ public class ExcelReader extends ExcelBase<ExcelReader> {
 	 * @param sheetName sheet名，第一个默认是sheet1
 	 */
 	public ExcelReader(Workbook book, String sheetName) {
-		this(book.getSheet(sheetName));
+		this(getSheetOrCloseWorkbook(book, sheetName));
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -451,5 +452,50 @@ public class ExcelReader extends ExcelBase<ExcelReader> {
 	private void checkNotClosed() {
 		Assert.isFalse(this.isClosed, "ExcelReader has been closed!");
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * 获取Sheet，如果不存在则关闭{@link Workbook}并抛出异常，解决当sheet不存在时，文件依旧被占用问题<br>
+	 * 见：Issue#I8ZIQC
+	 * @param workbook {@link Workbook}，非空
+	 * @param name sheet名称，不存在抛出异常
+	 * @return {@link Sheet}
+	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException workbook为空或sheet不能存在
+	 */
+	private static Sheet getSheetOrCloseWorkbook(final Workbook workbook, String name) throws IllegalArgumentException{
+		Assert.notNull(workbook);
+		if(null == name){
+			name = "sheet1";
+		}
+		final Sheet sheet = workbook.getSheet(name);
+		if(null == sheet){
+			IoUtil.close(workbook);
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Sheet [" + name + "] not exist!");
+		}
+		return sheet;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * 获取Sheet，如果不存在则关闭{@link Workbook}并抛出异常，解决当sheet不存在时，文件依旧被占用问题<br>
+	 * 见：Issue#I8ZIQC
+	 * @param workbook {@link Workbook}，非空
+	 * @param sheetIndex sheet index
+	 * @return {@link Sheet}
+	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException workbook为空或sheet不能存在
+	 */
+	private static Sheet getSheetOrCloseWorkbook(final Workbook workbook, final int sheetIndex) throws IllegalArgumentException{
+		Assert.notNull(workbook);
+		final Sheet sheet;
+		try {
+			sheet = workbook.getSheetAt(sheetIndex);
+		} catch (final IllegalArgumentException e){
+			IoUtil.close(workbook);
+			throw e;
+		}
+		if(null == sheet){
+			IoUtil.close(workbook);
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Sheet at [" + sheetIndex + "] not exist!");
+		}
+		return sheet;
+	}
 	// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Private methods end
 }