diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7c0016142..5070d04cb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
     <apache.crunch.hadoop2.version>0.8.2-hadoop2</apache.crunch.hadoop2.version>
     <apache.hive.version>0.8.0</apache.hive.version>
     <apache.mahout.version>0.6</apache.mahout.version>
-    <apache.lucene.version>4.0.0</apache.lucene.version>
+    <apache.lucene.version>8.6.0</apache.lucene.version>
     <protobuf.version>2.4.1</protobuf.version>
     <protoc.executable>protoc</protoc.executable>
     <hadoop-lzo.version>0.4.19</hadoop-lzo.version>