diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7cc0f9b..6ecde05 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <url>http://www.tamingtext.com</url>
 
   <properties>
-     <lucene.version>3.6.0</lucene.version>
+     <lucene.version>8.8.2</lucene.version>
      <tika.version>0.10</tika.version>
      <mahout.version>0.6</mahout.version>
      <release.update.interval>daily</release.update.interval>