diff --git a/janusgraph-solr/pom.xml b/janusgraph-solr/pom.xml
index 3fd660ac6..8d4ba665e 100644
--- a/janusgraph-solr/pom.xml
+++ b/janusgraph-solr/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <url>http://janusgraph.org</url>
     <properties>
         <top.level.basedir>${basedir}/..</top.level.basedir>
-        <solr.version>5.2.1</solr.version>
+        <solr.version>8.8.2</solr.version>
         <zookeeper.version>3.4.6</zookeeper.version>
     </properties>
     <dependencies>