diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9f8779c..5d50b43 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
       <artifactId>lucene-core</artifactId>
-      <version>5.3.0</version>
+      <version>7.1.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>