diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e437731290f..b19382dff66 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <elasticsearch.version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</elasticsearch.version>
-        <lucene.version>4.8.0</lucene.version>
+        <lucene.version>4.8.1</lucene.version>
         <tests.jvms>1</tests.jvms>
         <tests.shuffle>true</tests.shuffle>
         <tests.output>onerror</tests.output>
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/SimpleSmartChineseIntegrationTests.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/SimpleSmartChineseIntegrationTests.java
index ec9c716eaf2..292da7b4b27 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/SimpleSmartChineseIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/SimpleSmartChineseIntegrationTests.java
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.*;
 
-@ElasticsearchIntegrationTest.ClusterScope(scope = ElasticsearchIntegrationTest.Scope.SUITE)
+@ElasticsearchIntegrationTest.ClusterScope(numDataNodes = 1, scope = ElasticsearchIntegrationTest.Scope.SUITE)
 public class SimpleSmartChineseIntegrationTests extends ElasticsearchIntegrationTest {
 
     @Test