diff --git web/sites/all/modules/contrib/search_api_solr/service.inc web/sites/all/modules/contrib/search_api_solr/service.inc
index 8181bca..5d3dac1 100644
--- web/sites/all/modules/contrib/search_api_solr/service.inc
+++ web/sites/all/modules/contrib/search_api_solr/service.inc
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ class SearchApiSolrService extends SearchApiAbstractService {
       $this->connect();
       drupal_alter('search_api_solr_query', $call_args, $query);
       $this->preQuery($call_args, $query);
-      $response = $this->solr->search($keys, $offset, $limit, $params);
+      $response = $this->solr->search($keys, $offset, $limit, $params, Apache_Solr_Service::METHOD_POST);
       $time_query_done = microtime(TRUE);
 
       if ($response->getHttpStatus() != 200) {
@@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@ class SearchApiSolrService extends SearchApiAbstractService {
         'params' => &$params,
       );
       drupal_alter('search_api_solr_multi_query', $call_args, $query);
-      $response = $this->solr->search($keys, $offset, $limit, $params);
+      $response = $this->solr->search($keys, $offset, $limit, $params, Apache_Solr_Service::METHOD_POST);
       $time_query_done = microtime(TRUE);
 
       if ($response->getHttpStatus() != 200) {