diff --git a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/pom.xml b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/pom.xml
index 05f1c83bc..7070ab2a5 100644
--- a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/pom.xml
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.solr</groupId>
 			<artifactId>solr-core</artifactId>
-			<version>4.10.1</version>
+			<version>5.3.1</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 			<exclusions>
 				<exclusion>