diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2abd24076d8..8278ea2f5bd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <elasticsearch.version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</elasticsearch.version>
-        <lucene.version>4.9.0</lucene.version>
+        <lucene.version>4.10.0</lucene.version>
         <poi.version>3.10.1</poi.version>
         <tests.jvms>1</tests.jvms>
         <tests.shuffle>true</tests.shuffle>