diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/solr/util/SimplePostTool.java b/src/java/org/apache/solr/util/SimplePostTool.java
index e67a9b5c509..ed45afc8d83 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/solr/util/SimplePostTool.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/solr/util/SimplePostTool.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ import java.net.URL;
 public class SimplePostTool {
   public static final String DEFAULT_POST_URL = "http://localhost:8983/solr/update";
   public static final String POST_ENCODING = "UTF-8";
-  public static final String VERSION_OF_THIS_TOOL = "1.0";
+  public static final String VERSION_OF_THIS_TOOL = "1.1";
   private static final String SOLR_OK_RESPONSE_EXCERPT = "<int name=\"status\">0</int>";
   protected URL solrUrl;