In following our new bi-weekly release schedule, Neo4j 1.2.M02 has been released with a new integrated index API featuring Lucene as the default implementation. To update your maven pom dependencies, add `<groupId>org.neo4j</groupId><artifactId>neo4j</artifactId><version>1.2.M02</version>` to your project's configuration. The release is available for users to download and start utilizing the new features, including improved index management and query performance.