diff --git a/.github/init_solr.sh b/.github/init_solr.sh
index f441b693..f21b4a9e 100755
--- a/.github/init_solr.sh
+++ b/.github/init_solr.sh
@@ -232,7 +232,11 @@ solr_cloud_configure_collection() {
     # modify solrconfig.xml to remove section that doesn't agree with our schema
     sed -i.bak '/<updateRequestProcessorChain name="add-unknown-fields-to-the-schema".*/,/<\/updateRequestProcessorChain>/d' ${TEMPLATE_DIR}/solrconfig.xml
     # Adapt autoSoftCommit to have a recommended value
-    sed -i.bak2 's/${solr.autoSoftCommit.maxTime:-1}/${solr.autoSoftCommit.maxTime:20}/' "${TEMPLATE_DIR}/solrconfig.xml" || exit_on_error "Can't modify file '${TEMPLATE_DIR}/solrconfig.xml'"
+    sed -i.bak 's/${solr.autoSoftCommit.maxTime:-1}/${solr.autoSoftCommit.maxTime:20}/' "${TEMPLATE_DIR}/solrconfig.xml" || exit_on_error "Can't modify file '${TEMPLATE_DIR}/solrconfig.xml'"
+    # Configure spellcheck component
+    sed -i.bar 's/<str name="field">_text_<\/str>/<str name="field">meta_content__text_t<\/str>/' "${TEMPLATE_DIR}/solrconfig.xml"
+    # Add spellcheck component to /select handler
+    sed -i.bak 's/<requestHandler name="\/select" class="solr.SearchHandler">/<requestHandler name="\/select" class="solr.SearchHandler">\n    <arr name="last-components">\n      <str>spellcheck<\/str>\n    <\/arr>/' "${TEMPLATE_DIR}/solrconfig.xml"
 }
 
 solr_cloud_upload_collection_configuration() {