diff --git a/dependency-check-core/pom.xml b/dependency-check-core/pom.xml
index 9e4f2e769..ba214e84f 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/pom.xml
+++ b/dependency-check-core/pom.xml
@@ -728,6 +728,6 @@ Copyright (c) 2012 Jeremy Long. All Rights Reserved.
         </profile>
     </profiles>
     <properties>
-        <apache.lucene.version>4.6.1</apache.lucene.version>
+        <apache.lucene.version>4.7.1</apache.lucene.version>
     </properties>
 </project>