diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dafe453..61fa01f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <mainClass>io.dashbase.clue.ClueApplication</mainClass>
-        <lucene.version>8.5.0</lucene.version>
+        <lucene.version>8.8.2</lucene.version>
         <dropwizard.version>1.3.5</dropwizard.version>
         <retrofit2.version>2.5.0</retrofit2.version>
     </properties>