diff --git a/src/solrj/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/impl/BinaryResponseParser.java b/src/solrj/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/impl/BinaryResponseParser.java
index 0b1d031e01d..1a6828f4faf 100755
--- a/src/solrj/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/impl/BinaryResponseParser.java
+++ b/src/solrj/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/impl/BinaryResponseParser.java
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ public class BinaryResponseParser extends ResponseParser {
     }
   }
 
+
+  public String getVersion() {
+    return "1";
+  }
+
   public NamedList<Object> processResponse(Reader reader) {
     throw new RuntimeException("Cannot handle character stream");
   }
diff --git a/src/solrj/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/impl/CommonsHttpSolrServer.java b/src/solrj/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/impl/CommonsHttpSolrServer.java
index d946cda35cb..6a9a985c015 100644
--- a/src/solrj/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/impl/CommonsHttpSolrServer.java
+++ b/src/solrj/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/impl/CommonsHttpSolrServer.java
@@ -262,7 +262,9 @@ public class CommonsHttpSolrServer extends SolrServer
     // The parser 'wt=' and 'version=' params are used instead of the original params
     ModifiableSolrParams wparams = new ModifiableSolrParams();
     wparams.set( CommonParams.WT, parser.getWriterType() );
-    wparams.set( CommonParams.VERSION, parser.getVersion() );
+    if(parser.getClass() != BinaryResponseParser.class ){
+      wparams.set( CommonParams.VERSION, parser.getVersion());
+    }
     if( params == null ) {
       params = wparams;
     }