diff --git a/solr/pom.xml b/solr/pom.xml
index 4ce44ed160600e642e61ccdac9c391736813ce1f..09ada0d856085ccfaa0341b83d4df376a0999f7d 100644
--- a/solr/pom.xml
+++ b/solr/pom.xml
@@ -18,31 +18,36 @@ LICENSE file.
 -->
 
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
-	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-	<parent>
-		<groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
-		<artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>0.12.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-		<relativePath>../binding-parent</relativePath>
-	</parent>
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
+    <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
+    <version>0.12.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>../binding-parent</relativePath>
+  </parent>
 
-	<artifactId>solr-binding</artifactId>
-	<name>Solr Binding</name>
-	<packaging>jar</packaging>
+  <artifactId>solr-binding</artifactId>
+  <name>Solr Binding</name>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
-	<dependencies>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
-			<artifactId>core</artifactId>
-			<version>${project.version}</version>
-			<scope>provided</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.solr</groupId>
-			<artifactId>solr-solrj</artifactId>
-			<version>${solr.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
+  <properties>
+    <!-- Tests do not run on jdk9 -->
+    <skipJDK9Tests>true</skipJDK9Tests>
+  </properties>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
+      <artifactId>core</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.solr</groupId>
+      <artifactId>solr-solrj</artifactId>
+      <version>${solr.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
@@ -55,5 +60,5 @@ LICENSE file.
       <version>${solr.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-	</dependencies>
+  </dependencies>
 </project>