diff --git a/docs/HISTORY.txt b/docs/HISTORY.txt
index dc3501b196..42638ea755 100644
--- a/docs/HISTORY.txt
+++ b/docs/HISTORY.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Changelog
 2019.4.0rc2 (unreleased)
 ------------------------
 
+- Bump ftw.solr to 2.6.0 to get fix for metadata getting overwritten by extract handler. [lgraf]
 - Implement FTPSTransport for uploading SIPs to FTPS server. [lgraf]
 - Display keywords in Mail overview. [njohner]
 - Bump ftw.keywordwidget to 2.1.0 to use async mode of keyword widgets for document and dossier keywords. [njohner]
diff --git a/versions.cfg b/versions.cfg
index 03833db3a3..a4b460abce 100644
--- a/versions.cfg
+++ b/versions.cfg
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ ftw.recipe.solr = 1.3.0
 ftw.recipe.translations = 1.2.6
 ftw.showroom = 1.5.1
 ftw.slacker = 1.0.2
-ftw.solr = 2.5.0
+ftw.solr = 2.6.0
 ftw.structlog = 1.1.0
 ftw.tabbedview = 4.1.3
 ftw.table = 1.21.0