diff --git a/dev-tools/scripts/smokeTestRelease.py b/dev-tools/scripts/smokeTestRelease.py
index 1083a09d425..01706a7d4e7 100644
--- a/dev-tools/scripts/smokeTestRelease.py
+++ b/dev-tools/scripts/smokeTestRelease.py
@@ -858,11 +858,11 @@ def testSolrExample(unpackPath, javaPath, isSrc):
     run('sh ./exampledocs/test_utf8.sh http://localhost:8983/solr/techproducts', 'utf8.log')
     print('      run query...')
     s = load('http://localhost:8983/solr/techproducts/select/?q=video')
-    if s.find('<result name="response" numFound="3" start="0">') == -1:
+    if s.find('"numFound":3,"start":0') == -1:
       print('FAILED: response is:\n%s' % s)
       raise RuntimeError('query on solr example instance failed')
     s = load('http://localhost:8983/v2/cores')
-    if s.find('"responseHeader":{"status":0') == -1:
+    if s.find('"status":0,') == -1:
       print('FAILED: response is:\n%s' % s)
       raise RuntimeError('query api v2 on solr example instance failed')
   finally: