diff --git a/ontology/ontology-annotator/elasticsearch-ontology-annotator/es-ontology-annotator-core/pom.xml b/ontology/ontology-annotator/elasticsearch-ontology-annotator/es-ontology-annotator-core/pom.xml
index 13a65ff4..493d4fed 100644
--- a/ontology/ontology-annotator/elasticsearch-ontology-annotator/es-ontology-annotator-core/pom.xml
+++ b/ontology/ontology-annotator/elasticsearch-ontology-annotator/es-ontology-annotator-core/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
 			<artifactId>lucene-core</artifactId>
-			<version>4.10.4</version>
+			<version>7.1.0</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>