diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 29cf82e3..34bde863 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
             <artifactId>lucene-core</artifactId>
-            <version>4.10.3</version>
+            <version>7.1.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.lucene/lucene-analyzers-common -->