diff --git a/solr-conf/solrconfig.xml b/solr-conf/solrconfig.xml
index 149f3f8..30cc02f 100644
--- a/solr-conf/solrconfig.xml
+++ b/solr-conf/solrconfig.xml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 
      Other implementations of MergePolicy must have a no-argument constructor
      -->
-    <mergePolicy>org.apache.lucene.index.LogByteSizeMergePolicy</mergePolicy>
+    <mergePolicy class="org.apache.lucene.index.LogByteSizeMergePolicy" />
 
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