diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/KuromojiPartOfSpeechFilterFactory.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/KuromojiPartOfSpeechFilterFactory.java
index 222cd05f25a..3c4cbaeea5f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/KuromojiPartOfSpeechFilterFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/KuromojiPartOfSpeechFilterFactory.java
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public class KuromojiPartOfSpeechFilterFactory extends AbstractTokenFilterFactor
 
     @Override
     public TokenStream create(TokenStream tokenStream) {
-        return new JapanesePartOfSpeechStopFilter(Version.LUCENE_44, tokenStream, stopTags);
+        return new JapanesePartOfSpeechStopFilter(Version.LUCENE_48, tokenStream, stopTags);
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/analysis/KuromojiIndicesAnalysis.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/analysis/KuromojiIndicesAnalysis.java
index 7074fcadac0..8a15426cd3a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/analysis/KuromojiIndicesAnalysis.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/analysis/KuromojiIndicesAnalysis.java
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ public class KuromojiIndicesAnalysis extends AbstractComponent {
 
                     @Override
                     public TokenStream create(TokenStream tokenStream) {
-                        return new JapanesePartOfSpeechStopFilter(Version.LUCENE_44,
+                        return new JapanesePartOfSpeechStopFilter(Version.LUCENE_48,
                                 tokenStream, JapaneseAnalyzer
                                 .getDefaultStopTags());
                     }