diff --git a/querydsl-lucene/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/lucene/session/impl/LuceneSearcher.java b/querydsl-lucene/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/lucene/session/impl/LuceneSearcher.java
index ce91a9fd4..3bb1ebe97 100644
--- a/querydsl-lucene/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/lucene/session/impl/LuceneSearcher.java
+++ b/querydsl-lucene/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/lucene/session/impl/LuceneSearcher.java
@@ -20,10 +20,6 @@ public class LuceneSearcher {
         this.searcher = searcher;
     }
 
-    public void close() {
-        release();
-    }
-
     public boolean isCurrent() {
         try {
             return searcher.getIndexReader().isCurrent();
diff --git a/querydsl-lucene/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/lucene/session/impl/LuceneSessionFactoryImpl.java b/querydsl-lucene/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/lucene/session/impl/LuceneSessionFactoryImpl.java
index 59d0916de..a5237b63e 100644
--- a/querydsl-lucene/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/lucene/session/impl/LuceneSessionFactoryImpl.java
+++ b/querydsl-lucene/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/lucene/session/impl/LuceneSessionFactoryImpl.java
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ public class LuceneSessionFactoryImpl implements LuceneSessionFactory {
         LuceneSearcher s = new LuceneSearcher(new IndexSearcher(directory));
         if (!searcher.compareAndSet(expected, s)) {
             // Some thread already created a new one so just close this
-            s.close();
+            s.release();
         } else {
             // Incrementing the reference count first time
             // We want to keep using the same reader until the index is changed
diff --git a/querydsl-lucene/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/lucene/session/impl/LuceneSessionImpl.java b/querydsl-lucene/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/lucene/session/impl/LuceneSessionImpl.java
index b2770205d..b8362b50e 100644
--- a/querydsl-lucene/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/lucene/session/impl/LuceneSessionImpl.java
+++ b/querydsl-lucene/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/lucene/session/impl/LuceneSessionImpl.java
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public class LuceneSessionImpl implements LuceneSession {
 
         if (searcher != null) {
             try {
-                searcher.close();
+                searcher.release();
             } catch (QueryException e) {
                 searcherException = e;
             }
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public class LuceneSessionImpl implements LuceneSession {
         writer.commit();
 
         if (searcher != null) {
-            searcher.close();
+            searcher.release();
         }
         searcher = null;