diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 68bfda2..ff28ad6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
         <jts.version>1.19.0</jts.version>
         <json-path.version>2.7.0</json-path.version>
 
-        <querqy.lucene.version>5.7.lucene961.0</querqy.lucene.version>
+        <querqy.lucene.version>5.9.lucene980.0</querqy.lucene.version>
 
         <elasticsearch.version>8.17.1</elasticsearch.version>
         <jacoco.version>0.8.12</jacoco.version>