diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 76359dd482322..a0215659c0b67 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
-        <lucene.version>4.7.1</lucene.version>
+        <lucene.version>4.7.2</lucene.version>
         <tests.jvms>auto</tests.jvms>
         <tests.shuffle>true</tests.shuffle>
         <tests.output>onerror</tests.output>