diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index be9cb1e..47f4d7a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
 			<artifactId>lucene-core</artifactId>
-			<version>5.1.0</version>
+			<version>7.1.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>