diff --git a/tika-pipes/tika-emitters/tika-emitter-solr/src/main/java/org/apache/tika/pipes/emitter/solr/SolrEmitter.java b/tika-pipes/tika-emitters/tika-emitter-solr/src/main/java/org/apache/tika/pipes/emitter/solr/SolrEmitter.java
index d5655ddd90..4b17ee64f1 100644
--- a/tika-pipes/tika-emitters/tika-emitter-solr/src/main/java/org/apache/tika/pipes/emitter/solr/SolrEmitter.java
+++ b/tika-pipes/tika-emitters/tika-emitter-solr/src/main/java/org/apache/tika/pipes/emitter/solr/SolrEmitter.java
@@ -326,9 +326,9 @@ public void initialize(Map<String, Param> params) throws TikaConfigException {
                     .build();
 
         } else {
-            solrClient = new LBHttpSolrClient.Builder().withConnectionTimeout(connectionTimeout)
-                    .withSocketTimeout(socketTimeout).withHttpClient(httpClientFactory.build())
-                    .withBaseSolrUrls(solrUrls.toArray(new String[]{})).build();
+            solrClient = new LBHttpSolrClient.Builder().withConnectionTimeout(connectionTimeout, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
+                    .withSocketTimeout(socketTimeout, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS).withHttpClient(httpClientFactory.build())
+                    .withBaseEndpoints(solrUrls.toArray(new String[]{})).build();
         }
     }