diff --git oak-lucene/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/plugins/index/lucene/LuceneIndexEditorContext.java oak-lucene/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/plugins/index/lucene/LuceneIndexEditorContext.java
index e2da224..0c8a778 100644
--- oak-lucene/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/plugins/index/lucene/LuceneIndexEditorContext.java
+++ oak-lucene/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/plugins/index/lucene/LuceneIndexEditorContext.java
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ public class LuceneIndexEditorContext {
      */
     private Calendar updateSuggester(Analyzer analyzer) throws IOException {
         Calendar ret = null;
-        NodeBuilder suggesterStatus = definitionBuilder.child(":suggesterStatus");
+        NodeBuilder suggesterStatus = definitionBuilder.child(":suggest-data");
         DirectoryReader reader = DirectoryReader.open(writer, false);
         final OakDirectory suggestDirectory = new OakDirectory(definitionBuilder, ":suggest-data", definition, false);
         try {
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ public class LuceneIndexEditorContext {
         boolean updateSuggestions = false;
 
         if (definition.isSuggestEnabled()) {
-            NodeBuilder suggesterStatus = definitionBuilder.child(":suggesterStatus");
+            NodeBuilder suggesterStatus = definitionBuilder.child(":suggest-data");
 
             PropertyState suggesterLastUpdatedValue = suggesterStatus.getProperty("lastUpdated");
 
diff --git oak-lucene/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/plugins/index/lucene/SuggestionIntervalTest.java oak-lucene/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/plugins/index/lucene/SuggestionIntervalTest.java
index 7cf1215..b1b1a17 100644
--- oak-lucene/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/plugins/index/lucene/SuggestionIntervalTest.java
+++ oak-lucene/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/plugins/index/lucene/SuggestionIntervalTest.java
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ public class SuggestionIntervalTest extends AbstractQueryTest {
     }
 
     private String getSuggestionLastUpdated(Tree indexDef) {
-        Tree suggStat = root.getTree(indexDef.getPath() + "/" + ":suggesterStatus");
+        Tree suggStat = root.getTree(indexDef.getPath() + "/" + ":suggest-data");
         if (!suggStat.hasProperty("lastUpdated")) {
             return null;
         }