diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ff947c022..b0b5ddec4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -75,11 +75,16 @@
     <slf4j.version>1.6.6</slf4j.version>
     <binder.version>0.11</binder.version>
     <spring.version>3.1.2.RELEASE</spring.version>
-    <jackrabbit.version>2.5.0</jackrabbit.version>
+
     <javax.jcr.version>2.0</javax.jcr.version>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <surefire.redirectTestOutputToFile>true</surefire.redirectTestOutputToFile>
-    <lucene.version>3.0.3</lucene.version>
+
+    <!-- jackrabbit 2.5.0 supports only lucene 3.0.3 -->
+    <!-- jackrabbit 2.6 will support lucene 3.6.x -->
+    <lucene.version>3.6.1</lucene.version>
+    <jackrabbit.version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</jackrabbit.version>
+
     <cxfVersion>2.6.1</cxfVersion>
     <derbyVersion>10.8.2.2</derbyVersion>
     <httpclient.version>4.1.3</httpclient.version>