diff --git a/hutool-poi/src/main/java/cn/hutool/poi/excel/ExcelWriter.java b/hutool-poi/src/main/java/cn/hutool/poi/excel/ExcelWriter.java
index ae8e09b37..eedbb506d 100644
--- a/hutool-poi/src/main/java/cn/hutool/poi/excel/ExcelWriter.java
+++ b/hutool-poi/src/main/java/cn/hutool/poi/excel/ExcelWriter.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import cn.hutool.core.io.FileUtil;
 import cn.hutool.core.io.IORuntimeException;
 import cn.hutool.core.io.IoUtil;
 import cn.hutool.core.lang.Assert;
+import cn.hutool.core.lang.Console;
 import cn.hutool.core.map.MapUtil;
 import cn.hutool.core.util.CharsetUtil;
 import cn.hutool.core.util.IdUtil;
@@ -33,12 +34,12 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.TreeMap;
-import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 
@@ -763,6 +764,7 @@ public class ExcelWriter extends ExcelBase<ExcelWriter> {
 		if (null != content) {
 			final Cell cell = getOrCreateCell(firstColumn, firstRow);
 			CellUtil.setCellValue(cell, content, cellStyle);
+			Console.log("{} {} {}", firstColumn, firstRow, cell.getStringCellValue());
 		}
 		return this;
 	}
diff --git a/hutool-poi/src/test/java/cn/hutool/poi/excel/ExcelWriteTest.java b/hutool-poi/src/test/java/cn/hutool/poi/excel/ExcelWriteTest.java
index ff60d2bca..e96a1e31e 100644
--- a/hutool-poi/src/test/java/cn/hutool/poi/excel/ExcelWriteTest.java
+++ b/hutool-poi/src/test/java/cn/hutool/poi/excel/ExcelWriteTest.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.HorizontalAlignment;
 import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.IndexedColors;
 import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.VerticalAlignment;
 import org.apache.poi.ss.util.CellRangeAddressList;
+import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFRichTextString;
 import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
@@ -678,4 +679,34 @@ public class ExcelWriteTest {
 		final ExcelReader reader = ExcelUtil.getReader(file);
 		Console.log(reader.read());
 	}
+
+	@Test
+	@Ignore
+	public void mergeTest3(){
+		// https://github.com/dromara/hutool/issues/1696
+
+		List<Map<String,Object>> list = new ArrayList<>();
+		Map<String,Object> map = new HashMap<>();
+		map.put("xmnf","2021");
+		list.add(map);
+
+		Map<String,Object> map1 = new HashMap<>();
+		map1.put("xmnf",new XSSFRichTextString("9999"));
+		list.add(map1);
+
+		Map<String,Object> map2 = new HashMap<>();
+		map2.put("xmnf","2019");
+		list.add(map2);
+
+		//通过工具类创建writer
+		FileUtil.del("d:/test/writeTest2123.xlsx");
+		ExcelWriter writer = ExcelUtil.getWriter("d:/test/writeTest2123.xlsx");
+		writer.addHeaderAlias("xmnf", "项目年份");//1
+
+		//合并单元格后的标题行，使用默认标题样式
+		writer.merge(7, "测试标题");
+		writer.merge(3, 4, 0, 0, new XSSFRichTextString("9999"), true);
+		writer.write(list, true);
+		writer.close();
+	}
 }