diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/solrdatabaseresync/SolrDatabaseResyncCli.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/solrdatabaseresync/SolrDatabaseResyncCli.java
index f901c9ca569e..fb0c3a420098 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/solrdatabaseresync/SolrDatabaseResyncCli.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/solrdatabaseresync/SolrDatabaseResyncCli.java
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ private void performStatusUpdate(Context context) throws SearchServiceException,
             }
         }
 
-        indexingService.commit();
+        indexingService.commit(true);
     }
 
     private void updateItem(Context context, IndexableObject indexableObject) throws SolrServerException, IOException {
diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/discovery/IndexingService.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/discovery/IndexingService.java
index 2ef5affa47b7..e3f5594aacc9 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/discovery/IndexingService.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/discovery/IndexingService.java
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ void reIndexContent(Context context, IndexableObject dso)
 
     void commit() throws SearchServiceException;
 
+    void commit(boolean hard) throws SearchServiceException;
+
     void optimize() throws SearchServiceException;
 
     void buildSpellCheck() throws SearchServiceException, IOException;
diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/discovery/SolrServiceImpl.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/discovery/SolrServiceImpl.java
index 31815b36d871..ff49e4132ac0 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/discovery/SolrServiceImpl.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/discovery/SolrServiceImpl.java
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ public void unIndexContent(Context context, IndexableObject indexableObject, boo
             log.info("Try to delete uniqueID:" + uniqueID);
             indexObjectServiceFactory.getIndexableObjectFactory(indexableObject).delete(indexableObject);
             if (commit) {
-                solrSearchCore.getSolr().commit(false, false);
+                solrSearchCore.getSolr().commit(true, true);
             }
         } catch (IOException | SolrServerException exception) {
             log.error(exception.getMessage(), exception);
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ public void unIndexContent(Context context, String searchUniqueID, boolean commi
                     log.warn("Object not found in Solr index: " + searchUniqueID);
                 }
                 if (commit) {
-                    solrSearchCore.getSolr().commit(false, false);
+                    solrSearchCore.getSolr().commit(true, true);
                 }
             }
         } catch (SolrServerException e) {
@@ -1065,7 +1065,7 @@ protected DiscoverResult retrieveResult(Context context, DiscoverQuery query)
                 log.info("ZombieDocs ");
                 zombieDocs.forEach(log::info);
                 solrSearchCore.getSolr().deleteById(zombieDocs);
-                solrSearchCore.getSolr().commit(false, false);
+                solrSearchCore.getSolr().commit(true, true);
             } else {
                 valid = true;
             }
@@ -1546,9 +1546,14 @@ public void indexContent(Context context, IndexableObject indexableObject, boole
 
     @Override
     public void commit() throws SearchServiceException {
+        commit(false);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void commit(boolean hard) throws SearchServiceException {
         try {
             if (solrSearchCore.getSolr() != null) {
-                solrSearchCore.getSolr().commit(false, false);
+                solrSearchCore.getSolr().commit(hard, hard);
             }
         } catch (IOException | SolrServerException e) {
             throw new SearchServiceException(e.getMessage(), e);
diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/statistics/SolrLoggerServiceImpl.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/statistics/SolrLoggerServiceImpl.java
index a3d98cc169b1..aea41e31076e 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/statistics/SolrLoggerServiceImpl.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/statistics/SolrLoggerServiceImpl.java
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ public boolean isUseProxies() {
     public void removeIndex(String query) throws IOException,
         SolrServerException {
         solr.deleteByQuery(query);
-        solr.commit(false, false);
+        solr.commit(true, true);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -1345,7 +1345,7 @@ public void shardSolrIndex() throws IOException, SolrServerException {
 
             //Delete contents of this year from our year query !
             solr.deleteByQuery(filterQuery.toString());
-            solr.commit(false, false);
+            solr.commit(true, true);
 
             log.info("Moved {} records into core: {}", totalRecords, coreName);
         }
@@ -1530,7 +1530,7 @@ public void reindexBitstreamHits(boolean removeDeletedBitstreams) throws Excepti
             //Now that all our new bitstream stats are in place, delete all the old ones !
             solr.deleteByQuery("-bundleName:[* TO *] AND type:" + Constants.BITSTREAM);
             //Commit everything to wrap up
-            solr.commit(false, false);
+            solr.commit(true, true);
             //Clean up our directory !
             FileUtils.deleteDirectory(tempDirectory);
         } catch (Exception e) {
diff --git a/dspace-api/src/test/java/org/dspace/discovery/DiscoveryIT.java b/dspace-api/src/test/java/org/dspace/discovery/DiscoveryIT.java
index 55be531418ae..827c34d83cfe 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/test/java/org/dspace/discovery/DiscoveryIT.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/test/java/org/dspace/discovery/DiscoveryIT.java
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ private void deleteItem(Item item) throws SQLException, AuthorizeException, IOEx
         item = context.reloadEntity(item);
         itemService.delete(context, item);
         context.commit();
-        indexer.commit();
+        indexer.commit(true);
         context.restoreAuthSystemState();
     }
 
@@ -839,7 +839,7 @@ private void deleteSubmission(WorkspaceItem anotherWorkspaceItem)
         anotherWorkspaceItem = context.reloadEntity(anotherWorkspaceItem);
         workspaceItemService.deleteAll(context, anotherWorkspaceItem);
         context.commit();
-        indexer.commit();
+        indexer.commit(true);
         context.restoreAuthSystemState();
     }
 
@@ -849,7 +849,7 @@ private void deleteWorkflowItem(XmlWorkflowItem workflowItem)
         workflowItem = context.reloadEntity(workflowItem);
         workflowService.deleteWorkflowByWorkflowItem(context, workflowItem, admin);
         context.commit();
-        indexer.commit();
+        indexer.commit(true);
         context.restoreAuthSystemState();
     }
 
diff --git a/dspace-oai/src/main/java/org/dspace/xoai/app/XOAI.java b/dspace-oai/src/main/java/org/dspace/xoai/app/XOAI.java
index b3c52e2dce09..62598b2dd9fa 100644
--- a/dspace-oai/src/main/java/org/dspace/xoai/app/XOAI.java
+++ b/dspace-oai/src/main/java/org/dspace/xoai/app/XOAI.java
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ private void clearIndex() throws DSpaceSolrIndexerException {
         try {
             System.out.println("Clearing index");
             solrServerResolver.getServer().deleteByQuery("*:*");
-            solrServerResolver.getServer().commit(false, false);
+            solrServerResolver.getServer().commit(true, true);
             System.out.println("Index cleared");
         } catch (SolrServerException | IOException ex) {
             throw new DSpaceSolrIndexerException(ex.getMessage(), ex);