diff --git a/bin/esg-search b/bin/esg-search
index 83a6d24e..16c6d63b 100755
--- a/bin/esg-search
+++ b/bin/esg-search
@@ -702,9 +702,8 @@ solr_init() {
     get_property index_master_port "8984"
     get_property index_slave_port "8983"
 
-    solr_version=5.5.5
-    #solr_dist_url=${esg_dist_url}/thirdparty/apache-solr-${solr_version}.tgz
-    # http://archive.apache.org/dist/lucene/solr/5.2.1/solr-5.2.1.tgz
+    solr_version=6.6.5
+
     solr_dist_url=http://archive.apache.org/dist/lucene/solr/${solr_version}/solr-${solr_version}.tgz
     solr_workdir=${workdir}/solr-${solr_version}
     echo "Using solr_workdir=${solr_workdir}"