diff --git a/spring-data-rest-tests/spring-data-rest-tests-solr/pom.xml b/spring-data-rest-tests/spring-data-rest-tests-solr/pom.xml
index 9608ca22c..247eb0b03 100644
--- a/spring-data-rest-tests/spring-data-rest-tests-solr/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-rest-tests/spring-data-rest-tests-solr/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.solr</groupId>
 			<artifactId>solr-core</artifactId>
-			<version>6.5.0</version>
+			<version>7.2.1</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 			<exclusions>
 				<exclusion>