diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cf58ec7..e0c67f4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
         <dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
 			<artifactId>lucene-core</artifactId>
-			<version>5.5.3</version>
+			<version>7.1.0</version>
 	    </dependency>
 	    <dependency>
 		    <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>