diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 221986b6f..13776887f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
                 <artifactId>lucene-core</artifactId>
-                <version>5.0.0</version>
+                <version>7.1.0</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>