diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 292fb487..b0312fdc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     <version.mockito>5.5.0</version.mockito>
     <version.slf4j>2.0.2</version.slf4j>
     <version.solr>9.2.1</version.solr>
-    <version.lucene>9.4.2</version.lucene>
+    <version.lucene>9.8.0</version.lucene>
     <!-- DO NOT UPDATE THIS, this is the latest version that works with Java 8 -->
     <version.fmt-maven-plugin>2.9.1</version.fmt-maven-plugin>
     <version.maven-gpg-plugin>3.1.0</version.maven-gpg-plugin>