diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9d84262f5a7a5b0a72cf893446d03c64998d78dd..6dd6bff55837d95b32afeadb143cea30305c20c7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 		<timestamp>${maven.build.timestamp}</timestamp>
 		<maven.build.timestamp.format>yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm</maven.build.timestamp.format>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-		<currentLuceneVersion>7.7.1</currentLuceneVersion>
+		<currentLuceneVersion>8.0.0</currentLuceneVersion>
 	</properties>
 	<scm>
     <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:textexploration/mtas.git</connection>
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>org.textexploration.mtas</groupId>
 	<artifactId>mtas</artifactId>
-	<version>7.7.1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>8.0.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<licenses>
 		<license>