diff --git a/solr/CHANGES.txt b/solr/CHANGES.txt
index 9c7db9642b7..98bca375c24 100644
--- a/solr/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/solr/CHANGES.txt
@@ -183,6 +183,8 @@ Bug Fixes
 
 * SOLR-13941: Tests configure Jetty differently than when running via start.jar (janhoy, Uwe Schindler)
 
+* SOLR-13950: Fix InterruptedException being swallowed in ZkStateReader’s getLeaderRetry method
+
 Other Changes
 ---------------------
 
diff --git a/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/common/cloud/ZkStateReader.java b/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/common/cloud/ZkStateReader.java
index 5dea5b0b360..7185f4e7c7d 100644
--- a/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/common/cloud/ZkStateReader.java
+++ b/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/common/cloud/ZkStateReader.java
@@ -968,7 +968,7 @@ public class ZkStateReader implements SolrCloseable {
         }
         return false;
       });
-    } catch (TimeoutException | InterruptedException e) {
+    } catch (TimeoutException e) {
       throw new SolrException(ErrorCode.SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE, "No registered leader was found after waiting for "
           + timeout + "ms " + ", collection: " + collection + " slice: " + shard + " saw state=" + clusterState.getCollectionOrNull(collection)
           + " with live_nodes=" + clusterState.getLiveNodes());