diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0dec138f7ea..4922a06042c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <elasticsearch.version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</elasticsearch.version>
-        <lucene.version>4.8.1</lucene.version>
+        <lucene.version>4.9.0</lucene.version>
         <tests.jvms>1</tests.jvms>
         <tests.shuffle>true</tests.shuffle>
         <tests.output>onerror</tests.output>