diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ee501eb7452ef7ff3a203fe16f606839c21108b8..8866ef01027d5f98f3d53549475ed4e9ebb3da4a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
             <artifactId>lucene-core</artifactId>
-            <version>3.6.2</version>
+            <version>7.1.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>