diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 394090e4..7cc1d580 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
         <dom4j.version>1.6.1</dom4j.version>
         <jaxen.version>1.1.1</jaxen.version>
         <rome.version>0.9</rome.version>
-        <solrj.version>6.4.1</solrj.version>
+        <solrj.version>9.0.0</solrj.version>
         <jodatime.version>2.1</jodatime.version>
         <hibernate.validator.version>5.1.3.Final</hibernate.validator.version>
         <junit.version>4.10</junit.version>