diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/cli/SolrCLI.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/cli/SolrCLI.java
index 090339e2382..14b637e8e18 100755
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/cli/SolrCLI.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/cli/SolrCLI.java
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ public static String getOptionWithDeprecatedAndDefault(
 
   // TODO: SOLR-17429 - remove the custom logic when Commons CLI is upgraded and
   // makes stderr the default, or makes Option.toDeprecatedString() public.
-  private static void deprecatedHandlerStdErr(Option o) {
+  public static void deprecatedHandlerStdErr(Option o) {
     // Deprecated options without a description act as "stealth" options
     if (o.isDeprecated() && !o.getDeprecated().getDescription().isBlank()) {
       final StringBuilder buf =
diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/cloud/ZkCLI.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/cloud/ZkCLI.java
index 5097679e61a..4e9906f5217 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/cloud/ZkCLI.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/cloud/ZkCLI.java
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
@@ -163,7 +162,7 @@ public static void main(String[] args)
     CommandLineParser parser =
         DefaultParser.builder()
             // Override deprecation handler since the default one prints to stdout, we want stderr
-            .setDeprecatedHandler(o -> System.err.println(toDeprecatedString(o)))
+            .setDeprecatedHandler(SolrCLI::deprecatedHandlerStdErr)
             .build();
     Options options = new Options();
 
@@ -722,14 +721,6 @@ public static void main(String[] args)
     }
   }
 
-  // TODO: Override toDeprecatedString since Option.toDeprecatedString has private visibility in
-  // Commons-CLI
-  private static String toDeprecatedString(Option o) {
-    return o.isDeprecated()
-        ? String.format(Locale.ROOT, "Option '%s': %s", o.getArgName(), o.getDeprecated())
-        : "";
-  }
-
   private static boolean shouldCompressData(
       byte[] data, String path, int minStateByteLenForCompression) {
     if (path.endsWith("state.json")