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 18aca269235..6463fa60743 100644
--- a/modules/solr/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/SolrContainer.java
+++ b/modules/solr/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/SolrContainer.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import lombok.SneakyThrows;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.testcontainers.containers.wait.strategy.LogMessageWaitStrategy;
+import org.testcontainers.utility.ComparableVersion;
 import org.testcontainers.utility.DockerImageName;
 
 import java.net.URL;
@@ -39,6 +40,8 @@ public class SolrContainer extends GenericContainer<SolrContainer> {
 
     private SolrContainerConfiguration configuration;
 
+    private final ComparableVersion imageVersion;
+
     /**
      * @deprecated use {@link #SolrContainer(DockerImageName)} instead
      */
@@ -63,6 +66,7 @@ public SolrContainer(final DockerImageName dockerImageName) {
                 .withRegEx(".*o\\.e\\.j\\.s\\.Server Started.*")
                 .withStartupTimeout(Duration.of(60, ChronoUnit.SECONDS));
         this.configuration = new SolrContainerConfiguration();
+        this.imageVersion = new ComparableVersion(dockerImageName.getVersionPart());
     }
 
     public SolrContainer withZookeeper(boolean zookeeper) {
@@ -114,7 +118,11 @@ protected void configure() {
         // Configure Zookeeper
         if (configuration.isZookeeper()) {
             this.addExposedPort(ZOOKEEPER_PORT);
-            command = "-DzkRun -h localhost";
+            if (this.imageVersion.isGreaterThanOrEqualTo("9.7.0")) {
+                command = "-DzkRun --host localhost";
+            } else {
+                command = "-DzkRun -h localhost";
+            }
         }
 
         // Apply generated Command
diff --git a/modules/solr/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/containers/SolrContainerTest.java b/modules/solr/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/containers/SolrContainerTest.java
index 6bb4fabb1a4..f678155b3c1 100644
--- a/modules/solr/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/containers/SolrContainerTest.java
+++ b/modules/solr/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/containers/SolrContainerTest.java
@@ -6,15 +6,23 @@
 import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.response.SolrPingResponse;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Test;
-import org.testcontainers.utility.DockerImageName;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.junit.runners.Parameterized;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
+@RunWith(Parameterized.class)
 public class SolrContainerTest {
 
-    private static final DockerImageName SOLR_IMAGE = DockerImageName.parse("solr:8.3.0");
+    @Parameterized.Parameters(name = "{0}")
+    public static String[] getVersionsToTest() {
+        return new String[] { "solr:8.11.4", "solr:9.8.0" };
+    }
+
+    @Parameterized.Parameter
+    public String solrImage;
 
     private SolrClient client = null;
 
@@ -28,7 +36,7 @@ public void stopRestClient() throws IOException {
 
     @Test
     public void solrCloudTest() throws IOException, SolrServerException {
-        try (SolrContainer container = new SolrContainer(SOLR_IMAGE)) {
+        try (SolrContainer container = new SolrContainer(solrImage)) {
             container.start();
             SolrPingResponse response = getClient(container).ping("dummy");
             assertThat(response.getStatus()).isZero();
@@ -38,7 +46,7 @@ public void solrCloudTest() throws IOException, SolrServerException {
 
     @Test
     public void solrStandaloneTest() throws IOException, SolrServerException {
-        try (SolrContainer container = new SolrContainer(SOLR_IMAGE).withZookeeper(false)) {
+        try (SolrContainer container = new SolrContainer(solrImage).withZookeeper(false)) {
             container.start();
             SolrPingResponse response = getClient(container).ping("dummy");
             assertThat(response.getStatus()).isZero();
@@ -50,7 +58,7 @@ public void solrStandaloneTest() throws IOException, SolrServerException {
     public void solrCloudPingTest() throws IOException, SolrServerException {
         // solrContainerUsage {
         // Create the solr container.
-        SolrContainer container = new SolrContainer(SOLR_IMAGE);
+        SolrContainer container = new SolrContainer(solrImage);
 
         // Start the container. This step might take some time...
         container.start();