diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index de4db5987e..a5c758d4d0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 	<hibernate.version>5.4.33.Final</hibernate.version>
 	<hibernate-validator.version>6.2.3.Final</hibernate-validator.version>          <!-- checked 2020-08 -->
     <hibernate-search.version>5.11.10.Final</hibernate-search.version>
-    <lucene.version>5.5.5</lucene.version>
+    <lucene.version>7.1.0</lucene.version>
 	<unitils.version>3.4.6</unitils.version>
     <hsqldb.version>2.5.1</hsqldb.version>  <!-- upgrade to 2.6.1 "cannot access Server" in LocalHsqldb during compile time -->
     <httpcomponents.version>4.5.13</httpcomponents.version>