diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6cdb76d..1e57726 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <java.version>1.8</java.version>
-        <lucene.version>6.6.6</lucene.version>
+        <lucene.version>8.0.0</lucene.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>