diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5f902a7..293cc5d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ This library contains several APIs to read data from various sources of differen
 This library supports below source systems:
 
 * Text
+* Excel
 
 ## text
 
@@ -18,8 +19,6 @@ Supported text formats are:
 
 Please see the detailed documentation [here](text/README.md).
 
-* Excel
-
 ## excel
 
 User can use this library to read the data from an excel file and parse it to the spark dataframe.
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 62e0c6c..db9b2a0 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ val scalaParserCombinatorsVersion = "2.3.0"
 val sparkVersion = "3.4.1"
 val sparkXMLVersion = "0.16.0"
 val zioConfigVersion = "4.0.0-RC16"
+val crealyticsVersion = "3.4.1_0.19.0"
+val poiVersion = "5.2.5"
 
 // ----- TOOL DEPENDENCIES ----- //
 
@@ -81,11 +83,11 @@ val zioConfigDependencies = Seq(
 ).map(_ excludeAll ("org.scala-lang.modules", "scala-collection-compat"))
 
 val crealyticsDependencies = Seq(
-  "com.crealytics" %% "spark-excel" % "3.4.1_0.19.0"
+  "com.crealytics" %% "spark-excel" % crealyticsVersion
 ).map(_.cross(CrossVersion.for3Use2_13))
 
 val poiDependencies = Seq(
-  "org.apache.poi" % "poi" % "5.2.5"
+  "org.apache.poi" % "poi" % poiVersion
 )
 
 // ----- MODULE DEPENDENCIES ----- //
@@ -111,8 +113,7 @@ lazy val `data-scalaxy-reader` = (project in file("."))
     publish / skip := true,
     publishLocal / skip := true
   )
-  .aggregate(`reader-text`)
-  .aggregate(`reader-excel`)
+  .aggregate(`reader-text`, `reader-excel`)
 
 lazy val `reader-text` = (project in file("text"))
   .settings(
@@ -124,4 +125,4 @@ lazy val `reader-excel` = (project in file("excel"))
   .settings(
     version := "1.0.0",
     libraryDependencies ++= excelDependencies
-  )
\ No newline at end of file
+  )
diff --git a/excel/src/main/scala/com/clairvoyant/data/scalaxy/reader/excel/ExcelToDataFrameReader.scala b/excel/src/main/scala/com/clairvoyant/data/scalaxy/reader/excel/ExcelToDataFrameReader.scala
index 62e8e71..1a58d70 100644
--- a/excel/src/main/scala/com/clairvoyant/data/scalaxy/reader/excel/ExcelToDataFrameReader.scala
+++ b/excel/src/main/scala/com/clairvoyant/data/scalaxy/reader/excel/ExcelToDataFrameReader.scala
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.{DataFrame, SparkSession}
 
 import java.io.{ByteArrayInputStream, File, FileOutputStream, PrintWriter}
 
-implicit object ExcelToDataFrameReader {
+object ExcelToDataFrameReader {
 
   def read(
       bytes: Array[Byte],
diff --git a/excel/src/test/resources/sample_data.xlsx b/excel/src/test/resources/sample_data.xlsx
index 7929b4f..862ff58 100644
Binary files a/excel/src/test/resources/sample_data.xlsx and b/excel/src/test/resources/sample_data.xlsx differ
diff --git a/excel/src/test/scala/com/clairvoyant/data/scalaxy/reader/excel/ExcelToDataFrameReaderSpec.scala b/excel/src/test/scala/com/clairvoyant/data/scalaxy/reader/excel/ExcelToDataFrameReaderSpec.scala
index 7d28111..4c0307d 100644
--- a/excel/src/test/scala/com/clairvoyant/data/scalaxy/reader/excel/ExcelToDataFrameReaderSpec.scala
+++ b/excel/src/test/scala/com/clairvoyant/data/scalaxy/reader/excel/ExcelToDataFrameReaderSpec.scala
@@ -8,9 +8,33 @@ import scala.util.Using
 
 class ExcelToDataFrameReaderSpec extends DataFrameReader with DataFrameMatcher {
 
-  val excelToDataFrameReader: ExcelToDataFrameReader.type = ExcelToDataFrameReader
-
   "read() - with excel filepath" should "return a dataframe with correct count and schema" in {
+
+    val expectedDF = readJSONFromText(
+      """
+        |  [
+        |    {
+        |      "Created": "2021-07-29 10:35:12",
+        |      "Advertiser": "Zola",
+        |      "Transaction ID": "1210730000580100000",
+        |      "Earnings": "$0.68",
+        |      "SID": "wlus9",
+        |      "Status": "CONFIRMED",
+        |      "ClickPage": "https://www.zola.com/"
+        |    },
+        |    {
+        |      "Created": "2022-04-18 07:23:54",
+        |      "Advertiser": "TradeInn",
+        |      "Transaction ID": "1220419021230020000",
+        |      "Earnings": "$12.48",
+        |      "SID": "wles7",
+        |      "Status": "CONFIRMED",
+        |      "ClickPage": "https://www.tradeinn.com/"
+        |    }
+        |  ]
+        |""".stripMargin
+    )
+
     val file = new java.io.File("excel/src/test/resources/sample_data.xlsx")
     val byteArray: Array[Byte] =
       Using(new FileInputStream(file)) { fis =>
@@ -19,11 +43,9 @@ class ExcelToDataFrameReaderSpec extends DataFrameReader with DataFrameMatcher {
         byteArray
       }.get
 
-    val df = excelToDataFrameReader.read(
+    ExcelToDataFrameReader.read(
       byteArray,
       ExcelFormat(dataAddress = "'Transactions Report'!A2:G4")
-    )
-    df.count() shouldBe 2
+    ) should matchExpectedDataFrame(expectedDF)
   }
-
 }