diff --git a/modules/solr/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/SolrContainer.java b/modules/solr/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/SolrContainer.java
index 6463fa60743..2c3e1b5c634 100644
--- a/modules/solr/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/SolrContainer.java
+++ b/modules/solr/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/SolrContainer.java
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ protected void waitUntilContainerStarted() {
     @SneakyThrows
     protected void containerIsStarted(InspectContainerResponse containerInfo) {
         if (!configuration.isZookeeper()) {
-            ExecResult result = execInContainer("solr", "create_core", "-c", configuration.getCollectionName());
+            ExecResult result = execInContainer("solr", "create", "-c", configuration.getCollectionName());
             if (result.getExitCode() != 0) {
                 throw new IllegalStateException(
                     "Unable to create solr core:\nStdout: " + result.getStdout() + "\nStderr:" + result.getStderr()