diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/lucene/LuceneUtils.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/lucene/LuceneUtils.java
index 99707dcac..2fac02e15 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/lucene/LuceneUtils.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/lucene/LuceneUtils.java
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ public final class LuceneUtils {
                 case '*':
                 case '?':
                 case ':':
+                case '/':
                 case '\\': //it is supposed to fall through here
                     buf.append('\\');
                 default: