diff --git a/dependency-check-core/pom.xml b/dependency-check-core/pom.xml
index ba214e84f..058a3b5b0 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>4.7.1</apache.lucene.version>
+        <apache.lucene.version>4.10.3</apache.lucene.version>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/lucene/AlphaNumericTokenizer.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/lucene/AlphaNumericTokenizer.java
index 1a58f22a7..09435d7ab 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/lucene/AlphaNumericTokenizer.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/lucene/AlphaNumericTokenizer.java
@@ -38,17 +38,6 @@ public class AlphaNumericTokenizer extends CharTokenizer {
         super(matchVersion, in);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Constructs a new AlphaNumericTokenizer.
-     *
-     * @param matchVersion the lucene version
-     * @param factory the AttributeFactory
-     * @param in the Reader
-     */
-    public AlphaNumericTokenizer(Version matchVersion, AttributeFactory factory, Reader in) {
-        super(matchVersion, factory, in);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Determines if the char passed in is part of a token.
      *