diff --git a/komga/src/main/kotlin/org/gotson/komga/infrastructure/search/LuceneHelper.kt b/komga/src/main/kotlin/org/gotson/komga/infrastructure/search/LuceneHelper.kt
index 188c3a966..7015be5c1 100644
--- a/komga/src/main/kotlin/org/gotson/komga/infrastructure/search/LuceneHelper.kt
+++ b/komga/src/main/kotlin/org/gotson/komga/infrastructure/search/LuceneHelper.kt
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ package org.gotson.komga.infrastructure.search
 
 import mu.KotlinLogging
 import org.apache.lucene.analysis.Analyzer
+import org.apache.lucene.document.Document
+import org.apache.lucene.document.Field
+import org.apache.lucene.document.StringField
 import org.apache.lucene.index.DirectoryReader
 import org.apache.lucene.index.IndexWriter
 import org.apache.lucene.index.IndexWriterConfig
@@ -31,6 +34,23 @@ class LuceneHelper(
 
   fun indexExists(): Boolean = DirectoryReader.indexExists(directory)
 
+  fun setIndexVersion(version: Int) {
+    getIndexWriter().use { indexWriter ->
+      val doc = Document().apply {
+        add(StringField("index_version", version.toString(), Field.Store.YES))
+        add(StringField("type", "index_version", Field.Store.NO))
+      }
+      indexWriter.updateDocument(Term("type", "index_version"), doc)
+    }
+  }
+
+  fun getIndexVersion(): Int =
+    getIndexReader().use { index ->
+      val searcher = IndexSearcher(index)
+      val topDocs = searcher.search(TermQuery(Term("type", "index_version")), 1)
+      topDocs.scoreDocs.map { searcher.doc(it.doc)["index_version"] }.firstOrNull()?.toIntOrNull() ?: 1
+    }
+
   fun searchEntitiesIds(searchTerm: String?, entity: LuceneEntity): List<String>? {
     return if (!searchTerm.isNullOrBlank()) {
       try {
diff --git a/komga/src/main/kotlin/org/gotson/komga/infrastructure/search/SearchIndexLifecycle.kt b/komga/src/main/kotlin/org/gotson/komga/infrastructure/search/SearchIndexLifecycle.kt
index e37c0f967..969707e63 100644
--- a/komga/src/main/kotlin/org/gotson/komga/infrastructure/search/SearchIndexLifecycle.kt
+++ b/komga/src/main/kotlin/org/gotson/komga/infrastructure/search/SearchIndexLifecycle.kt
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import kotlin.math.ceil
 import kotlin.time.measureTime
 
 private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
+private const val INDEX_VERSION = 2
 
 @Component
 class SearchIndexLifecycle(
@@ -71,6 +72,9 @@ class SearchIndexLifecycle(
         logger.info { "Wrote ${entity.name} index in $duration" }
       }
     }
+
+    luceneHelper.setIndexVersion(INDEX_VERSION)
+    logger.info { "Lucene index version: ${luceneHelper.getIndexVersion()}" }
   }
 
   @JmsListener(destination = QUEUE_SSE, selector = QUEUE_SSE_SELECTOR, containerFactory = TOPIC_FACTORY)
diff --git a/komga/src/main/kotlin/org/gotson/komga/interfaces/scheduler/SearchIndexController.kt b/komga/src/main/kotlin/org/gotson/komga/interfaces/scheduler/SearchIndexController.kt
index d6222d80c..d2c7dd651 100644
--- a/komga/src/main/kotlin/org/gotson/komga/interfaces/scheduler/SearchIndexController.kt
+++ b/komga/src/main/kotlin/org/gotson/komga/interfaces/scheduler/SearchIndexController.kt
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ class SearchIndexController(
     if (!luceneHelper.indexExists()) {
       logger.info { "Lucene index not found, trigger rebuild" }
       taskReceiver.rebuildIndex(HIGHEST_PRIORITY)
+    } else {
+      logger.info { "Lucene index version: ${luceneHelper.getIndexVersion()}" }
+      when (luceneHelper.getIndexVersion()) {
+        1 -> taskReceiver.rebuildIndex(HIGHEST_PRIORITY)
+      }
     }
   }
 }