diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 85b3811..e4f7713 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
             <artifactId>lucene-core</artifactId>
-            <version>6.4.2</version>
+            <version>7.1.0</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>