diff --git a/components/efo-query-expand/pom.xml b/components/efo-query-expand/pom.xml
index d96db876e..58d400b95 100644
--- a/components/efo-query-expand/pom.xml
+++ b/components/efo-query-expand/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
             <artifactId>lucene-core</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0.1</version>
+            <version>7.1.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.sourceforge.fluxion</groupId>