diff --git a/blacklight.gemspec b/blacklight.gemspec
index 93c7512ac2..1c505159c0 100644
--- a/blacklight.gemspec
+++ b/blacklight.gemspec
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_dependency "rails",     ">= 3.2.6", "< 5"
   s.add_dependency "nokogiri",  "~>1.6"     # XML Parser
   s.add_dependency "kaminari", "~> 0.13"  # the pagination (page 1,2,3, etc..) of our search results
-  s.add_dependency "rsolr",     "~> 1.0.6"  # Library for interacting with rSolr.
+  s.add_dependency "rsolr",     "~> 1.0.11"  # Library for interacting with rSolr.
   s.add_dependency "bootstrap-sass", "~> 3.2"
   s.add_dependency "deprecation"
 
diff --git a/lib/blacklight/solr/search_builder.rb b/lib/blacklight/solr/search_builder.rb
index 2ee9262ad0..345ef591f2 100644
--- a/lib/blacklight/solr/search_builder.rb
+++ b/lib/blacklight/solr/search_builder.rb
@@ -241,13 +241,13 @@ def facet_value_to_fq_string(facet_field, value)
           facet_config.query[value][:fq]
         when (facet_config and facet_config.date)
           # in solr 3.2+, this could be replaced by a !term query
-          "#{prefix}#{facet_field}:#{RSolr.escape(value)}"
+          "#{prefix}#{facet_field}:#{RSolr.solr_escape(value)}"
         when (value.is_a?(DateTime) or value.is_a?(Date) or value.is_a?(Time))
-          "#{prefix}#{facet_field}:#{RSolr.escape(value.to_time.utc.strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ"))}"
+          "#{prefix}#{facet_field}:#{RSolr.solr_escape(value.to_time.utc.strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ"))}"
         when (value.is_a?(TrueClass) or value.is_a?(FalseClass) or value == 'true' or value == 'false'),
              (value.is_a?(Integer) or (value.to_i.to_s == value if value.respond_to? :to_i)),
              (value.is_a?(Float) or (value.to_f.to_s == value if value.respond_to? :to_f))
-          "#{prefix}#{facet_field}:#{RSolr.escape(value.to_s)}"
+          "#{prefix}#{facet_field}:#{RSolr.solr_escape(value.to_s)}"
         when value.is_a?(Range)
           "#{prefix}#{facet_field}:[#{value.first} TO #{value.last}]"
         else
@@ -261,4 +261,4 @@ def grouped_key_for_results
       blacklight_config.index.group
     end
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/spec/lib/blacklight/solr/search_builder_spec.rb b/spec/lib/blacklight/solr/search_builder_spec.rb
index 3499c3955e..330f073a18 100644
--- a/spec/lib/blacklight/solr/search_builder_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/blacklight/solr/search_builder_spec.rb
@@ -370,11 +370,11 @@
     end
 
     it "should pass floats through" do
-      expect(subject.send(:facet_value_to_fq_string, "facet_name", 1.11)).to eq "facet_name:1\\.11"
+      expect(subject.send(:facet_value_to_fq_string, "facet_name", 1.11)).to eq "facet_name:1.11"
     end
 
     it "should pass floats through" do
-      expect(subject.send(:facet_value_to_fq_string, "facet_name", "1.11")).to eq "facet_name:1\\.11"
+      expect(subject.send(:facet_value_to_fq_string, "facet_name", "1.11")).to eq "facet_name:1.11"
     end
 
     it "should escape negative integers" do