diff --git a/openwis-metadataportal/pom.xml b/openwis-metadataportal/pom.xml
index 4de322c47..3ac757923 100644
--- a/openwis-metadataportal/pom.xml
+++ b/openwis-metadataportal/pom.xml
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
 				<artifactId>lucene-core</artifactId>
-				<version>2.9.2</version>
+				<version>7.1.0</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>