diff --git a/solr/contrib/morphlines-core/src/java/org/apache/solr/morphlines/solr/LoadSolrBuilder.java b/solr/contrib/morphlines-core/src/java/org/apache/solr/morphlines/solr/LoadSolrBuilder.java
index 0b31f5444c9..2c2660b6195 100644
--- a/solr/contrib/morphlines-core/src/java/org/apache/solr/morphlines/solr/LoadSolrBuilder.java
+++ b/solr/contrib/morphlines-core/src/java/org/apache/solr/morphlines/solr/LoadSolrBuilder.java
@@ -85,35 +85,27 @@ public final class LoadSolrBuilder implements CommandBuilder {
         if (event == Notifications.LifecycleEvent.BEGIN_TRANSACTION) {
           try {
             loader.beginTransaction();
-          } catch (SolrServerException e) {
-            throw new MorphlineRuntimeException(e);
-          } catch (IOException e) {
+          } catch (SolrServerException | IOException e) {
             throw new MorphlineRuntimeException(e);
           }
         } else if (event == Notifications.LifecycleEvent.COMMIT_TRANSACTION) {
           try {
             loader.commitTransaction();
-          } catch (SolrServerException e) {
-            throw new MorphlineRuntimeException(e);
-          } catch (IOException e) {
+          } catch (SolrServerException | IOException e) {
             throw new MorphlineRuntimeException(e);
           }
         }
         else if (event == Notifications.LifecycleEvent.ROLLBACK_TRANSACTION) {
           try {
             loader.rollbackTransaction();
-          } catch (SolrServerException e) {
-            throw new MorphlineRuntimeException(e);
-          } catch (IOException e) {
+          } catch (SolrServerException | IOException e) {
             throw new MorphlineRuntimeException(e);
           }
         }
         else if (event == Notifications.LifecycleEvent.SHUTDOWN) {
           try {
             loader.shutdown();
-          } catch (SolrServerException e) {
-            throw new MorphlineRuntimeException(e);
-          } catch (IOException e) {
+          } catch (SolrServerException | IOException e) {
             throw new MorphlineRuntimeException(e);
           }
         }
@@ -127,9 +119,7 @@ public final class LoadSolrBuilder implements CommandBuilder {
       SolrInputDocument doc = convert(record);
       try {
         loader.load(doc);
-      } catch (IOException e) {
-        throw new MorphlineRuntimeException(e);
-      } catch (SolrServerException e) {
+      } catch (IOException | SolrServerException e) {
         throw new MorphlineRuntimeException(e);
       } finally {
         timerContext.stop();
diff --git a/solr/contrib/morphlines-core/src/java/org/apache/solr/morphlines/solr/SolrLocator.java b/solr/contrib/morphlines-core/src/java/org/apache/solr/morphlines/solr/SolrLocator.java
index e4f65c4e94b..10a80ff953b 100644
--- a/solr/contrib/morphlines-core/src/java/org/apache/solr/morphlines/solr/SolrLocator.java
+++ b/solr/contrib/morphlines-core/src/java/org/apache/solr/morphlines/solr/SolrLocator.java
@@ -140,11 +140,7 @@ public class SolrLocator {
           downloadedSolrHomeDir = Files.createTempDir();
           downloadedSolrHomeDir = zki.downloadConfigDir(zkClient, configName, downloadedSolrHomeDir);
           mySolrHomeDir = downloadedSolrHomeDir.getAbsolutePath();
-        } catch (KeeperException e) {
-          throw new MorphlineCompilationException("Cannot download schema.xml from ZooKeeper", config, e);
-        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
-          throw new MorphlineCompilationException("Cannot download schema.xml from ZooKeeper", config, e);
-        } catch (IOException e) {
+        } catch (KeeperException | InterruptedException | IOException e) {
           throw new MorphlineCompilationException("Cannot download schema.xml from ZooKeeper", config, e);
         } finally {
           zkClient.close();
@@ -161,11 +157,7 @@ public class SolrLocator {
         IndexSchema schema = new IndexSchema(solrConfig, "schema.xml", is);
         validateSchema(schema);
         return schema;
-      } catch (ParserConfigurationException e) {
-        throw new MorphlineRuntimeException(e);
-      } catch (IOException e) {
-        throw new MorphlineRuntimeException(e);
-      } catch (SAXException e) {
+      } catch (ParserConfigurationException | IOException | SAXException e) {
         throw new MorphlineRuntimeException(e);
       }
     } finally {