diff --git a/src/main/resources/pom.xml b/src/main/resources/pom.xml
index 0d9b7766..8204c7e7 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/pom.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 	    <ches.version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</ches.version>
 	    <java.version>1.8</java.version>
 	    <javax.ws.rs.version>2.1</javax.ws.rs.version>
-	    <lucene.version>4.10.3</lucene.version>
+	    <lucene.version>8.3.0</lucene.version>
  	    <resteasy.client>3.6.1.Final</resteasy.client>
 	    <Saxon-HE.version>9.6.0-3</Saxon-HE.version>
         <surefire.version>2.12.4</surefire.version>