diff --git a/mycore-solr/src/main/java/org/mycore/solr/index/file/tika/MCRSolrRemoteTikaAccumulator.java b/mycore-solr/src/main/java/org/mycore/solr/index/file/tika/MCRSolrRemoteTikaAccumulator.java
index 381d178ec5..a799aefd87 100644
--- a/mycore-solr/src/main/java/org/mycore/solr/index/file/tika/MCRSolrRemoteTikaAccumulator.java
+++ b/mycore-solr/src/main/java/org/mycore/solr/index/file/tika/MCRSolrRemoteTikaAccumulator.java
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ public class MCRSolrRemoteTikaAccumulator implements MCRSolrFileIndexAccumulator
 
     public static final String TIKA_MAPPER_MAX_FILE_SIZE = SOLR_CONFIG_PREFIX + "Tika.MaxFileSize";
 
+    public static final String TIKA_EXTRACT_TEXT_ENDPOINT_PROPERTY = SOLR_CONFIG_PREFIX + "Tika.ExtractTextEndpoint";
+
     private static final Logger LOGGER = LogManager.getLogger();
 
     private final Set<MCRTikaHttpClient> tikaClients;
@@ -88,7 +90,8 @@ public MCRSolrRemoteTikaAccumulator() {
             () -> MCRConfiguration2.createConfigurationException(TIKA_MAPPER_MAX_FILE_SIZE));
 
         this.tikaClients = MCRConfiguration2.splitValue(serverList.orElse(""))
-            .map(MCRTikaHttpClient::new)
+            .map(baseUrl -> new MCRTikaHttpClient(baseUrl.trim(),
+                MCRConfiguration2.getString(TIKA_EXTRACT_TEXT_ENDPOINT_PROPERTY).orElseThrow().trim()))
             .collect(Collectors.toSet());
         enabled = !tikaClients.isEmpty();
     }
diff --git a/mycore-solr/src/main/java/org/mycore/solr/index/file/tika/MCRTikaHttpClient.java b/mycore-solr/src/main/java/org/mycore/solr/index/file/tika/MCRTikaHttpClient.java
index 49494ab116..1adfcc04fb 100644
--- a/mycore-solr/src/main/java/org/mycore/solr/index/file/tika/MCRTikaHttpClient.java
+++ b/mycore-solr/src/main/java/org/mycore/solr/index/file/tika/MCRTikaHttpClient.java
@@ -43,15 +43,23 @@ public class MCRTikaHttpClient {
 
     private final String url;
 
+    // default endpoint for Tika v2 and v3 / for v4 use 'tika/json/text'
+    private String extractTextEndpoint = "tika/text";
+
     public MCRTikaHttpClient(String url) {
         this.url = url.endsWith("/") ? url : url + "/";
+    }
 
+    public MCRTikaHttpClient(String url, String extractTextEndpoint) {
+        this(url);
+        this.extractTextEndpoint = extractTextEndpoint.startsWith("/")
+            ? extractTextEndpoint.replaceFirst("^\\/+", "") : extractTextEndpoint;
     }
 
     public <T extends Throwable> void extractText(InputStream is, ThrowingConsumer<TreeNode, T> responseConsumer)
         throws IOException, T {
         HttpRequest httpPut = MCRSolrUtils.getRequestBuilder()
-            .uri(URI.create(url + "tika/text"))
+            .uri(URI.create(url + extractTextEndpoint))
             .setHeader("Accept", "application/json")
             .PUT(HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofInputStream(() -> is))
             .build();
diff --git a/mycore-solr/src/main/resources/components/solr/config/mycore.properties b/mycore-solr/src/main/resources/components/solr/config/mycore.properties
index c12d0729e7..2040c9d82f 100644
--- a/mycore-solr/src/main/resources/components/solr/config/mycore.properties
+++ b/mycore-solr/src/main/resources/components/solr/config/mycore.properties
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ MCR.Solr.Tika.Mapper.x_tika_content.MultiValueField=true
 
 MCR.Solr.Tika.IgnoredFiles=/alto/.*[.]xml,/mets[.]xml
 
+#ExtractTextEndpoint in Tika 4: tika/json/text
+MCR.Solr.Tika.ExtractTextEndpoint=tika/text
+
 # 1GB
 MCR.Solr.Tika.MaxFileSize=1073741824