diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9ec62adb44e..71b8adb6693 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
+            <artifactId>lucene-expressions</artifactId>
+            <version>${lucene.version}</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
             <artifactId>hamcrest-all</artifactId>