diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 97fdd05a61..9a86e0c91e 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -377,36 +377,36 @@ maven_jar(
   sha1 = '18a9a2ce6abf32ea1b5fd31dae5210ad93f4e5e3',
 )
 
-LUCENE_VERS = '5.5.0'
+LUCENE_VERS = '5.5.3'
 
 maven_jar(
   name = 'lucene_core',
   artifact = 'org.apache.lucene:lucene-core:' + LUCENE_VERS,
-  sha1 = 'a74fd869bb5ad7fe6b4cd29df9543a34aea81164',
+  sha1 = '20540c6347259f35a0d264605b22ce2a13917066',
 )
 
 maven_jar(
   name = 'lucene_analyzers_common',
   artifact = 'org.apache.lucene:lucene-analyzers-common:' + LUCENE_VERS,
-  sha1 = '1e0e8243a4410be20c34683034fafa7bb52e55cc',
+  sha1 = 'cf734ab72813af33dc1544ce61abc5c17b9d35e9',
 )
 
 maven_jar(
   name = 'backward_codecs',
   artifact = 'org.apache.lucene:lucene-backward-codecs:' + LUCENE_VERS,
-  sha1 = '68480974b2f54f519763632a7c1c5d51cbff3805',
+  sha1 = 'a167789e52a9dc6d93bf3b588f79fdc9d7559c15',
 )
 
 maven_jar(
   name = 'lucene_misc',
   artifact = 'org.apache.lucene:lucene-misc:' + LUCENE_VERS,
-  sha1 = '504d855a1a38190622fdf990b2298c067e7d60ca',
+  sha1 = 'e356975c46447f06c71842632d0af9ec1baecfce',
 )
 
 maven_jar(
   name = 'lucene_queryparser',
   artifact = 'org.apache.lucene:lucene-queryparser:' + LUCENE_VERS,
-  sha1 = '0fddc49725b562fd48dff0cff004336ad2a090a4',
+  sha1 = 'e2452203d2c44cac5ac42b34e5dcc0a44bf29a53',
 )
 
 maven_jar(
diff --git a/lib/lucene/BUCK b/lib/lucene/BUCK
index dee8ce85b6..64dda1d877 100644
--- a/lib/lucene/BUCK
+++ b/lib/lucene/BUCK
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 include_defs('//lib/maven.defs')
 
-VERSION = '5.5.2'
+VERSION = '5.5.3'
 
 # core and backward-codecs both provide
 # META-INF/services/org.apache.lucene.codecs.Codec, so they must be merged.
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ merge_maven_jars(
 maven_jar(
   name = 'lucene-core',
   id = 'org.apache.lucene:lucene-core:' + VERSION,
-  sha1 = 'de5e5c3161ea01e89f2a09a14391f9b7ed66cdbb',
+  sha1 = '20540c6347259f35a0d264605b22ce2a13917066',
   license = 'Apache2.0',
   exclude = [
     'META-INF/LICENSE.txt',
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ maven_jar(
 maven_jar(
   name = 'lucene-analyzers-common',
   id = 'org.apache.lucene:lucene-analyzers-common:' + VERSION,
-  sha1 = 'f0bc3114a6b43f8e64a33c471d5b9e8ddc51564d',
+  sha1 = 'cf734ab72813af33dc1544ce61abc5c17b9d35e9',
   license = 'Apache2.0',
   deps = [':lucene-core-and-backward-codecs'],
   exclude = [
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ maven_jar(
 maven_jar(
   name = 'backward-codecs_jar',
   id = 'org.apache.lucene:lucene-backward-codecs:' + VERSION,
-  sha1 = 'c5cfcd7a8cf48a0144b61fb991c8e50a0bf868d5',
+  sha1 = 'a167789e52a9dc6d93bf3b588f79fdc9d7559c15',
   license = 'Apache2.0',
   deps = [':lucene-core'],
   exclude = [
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ maven_jar(
 maven_jar(
   name = 'lucene-misc',
   id = 'org.apache.lucene:lucene-misc:' + VERSION,
-  sha1 = '37bbe5a2fb429499dfbe75d750d1778881fff45d',
+  sha1 = 'e356975c46447f06c71842632d0af9ec1baecfce',
   license = 'Apache2.0',
   deps = [':lucene-core-and-backward-codecs'],
   exclude = [
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ maven_jar(
 maven_jar(
   name = 'lucene-queryparser',
   id = 'org.apache.lucene:lucene-queryparser:' + VERSION,
-  sha1 = '8ac921563e744463605284c6d9d2d95e1be5b87c',
+  sha1 = 'e2452203d2c44cac5ac42b34e5dcc0a44bf29a53',
   license = 'Apache2.0',
   deps = [':lucene-core-and-backward-codecs'],
   exclude = [