diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index def60d8..ee97ab1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
             <artifactId>lucene-core</artifactId>
-            <version>6.3.0</version>
+            <version>7.1.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.json</groupId>