diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 27bad5cb88..7e0cae214c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/s3 v1.46.0
 	github.com/bgentry/speakeasy v0.1.0
 	github.com/bmatcuk/doublestar v1.1.5
-	github.com/chzyer/readline v0.0.0-20180603132655-2972be24d48e
+	github.com/chzyer/readline v1.5.1
 	github.com/cli/browser v1.3.0
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1
 	github.com/dylanmei/winrmtest v0.0.0-20210303004826-fbc9ae56efb6
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e1e83f89e0..3b0f5fb210 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -376,12 +376,15 @@ github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto v0.2.1/go.mod h1:f6KPmirojxKA
 github.com/cespare/xxhash v1.1.0/go.mod h1:XrSqR1VqqWfGrhpAt58auRo0WTKS1nRRg3ghfAqPWnc=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.1.1/go.mod h1:VGX0DQ3Q6kWi7AoAeZDth3/j3BFtOZR5XLFGgcrjCOs=
 github.com/cheggaaa/pb v1.0.27/go.mod h1:pQciLPpbU0oxA0h+VJYYLxO+XeDQb5pZijXscXHm81s=
-github.com/chzyer/logex v1.1.10 h1:Swpa1K6QvQznwJRcfTfQJmTE72DqScAa40E+fbHEXEE=
 github.com/chzyer/logex v1.1.10/go.mod h1:+Ywpsq7O8HXn0nuIou7OrIPyXbp3wmkHB+jjWRnGsAI=
-github.com/chzyer/readline v0.0.0-20180603132655-2972be24d48e h1:fY5BOSpyZCqRo5OhCuC+XN+r/bBCmeuuJtjz+bCNIf8=
+github.com/chzyer/logex v1.2.1 h1:XHDu3E6q+gdHgsdTPH6ImJMIp436vR6MPtH8gP05QzM=
+github.com/chzyer/logex v1.2.1/go.mod h1:JLbx6lG2kDbNRFnfkgvh4eRJRPX1QCoOIWomwysCBrQ=
 github.com/chzyer/readline v0.0.0-20180603132655-2972be24d48e/go.mod h1:nSuG5e5PlCu98SY8svDHJxuZscDgtXS6KTTbou5AhLI=
-github.com/chzyer/test v0.0.0-20180213035817-a1ea475d72b1 h1:q763qf9huN11kDQavWsoZXJNW3xEE4JJyHa5Q25/sd8=
+github.com/chzyer/readline v1.5.1 h1:upd/6fQk4src78LMRzh5vItIt361/o4uq553V8B5sGI=
+github.com/chzyer/readline v1.5.1/go.mod h1:Eh+b79XXUwfKfcPLepksvw2tcLE/Ct21YObkaSkeBlk=
 github.com/chzyer/test v0.0.0-20180213035817-a1ea475d72b1/go.mod h1:Q3SI9o4m/ZMnBNeIyt5eFwwo7qiLfzFZmjNmxjkiQlU=
+github.com/chzyer/test v1.0.0 h1:p3BQDXSxOhOG0P9z6/hGnII4LGiEPOYBhs8asl/fC04=
+github.com/chzyer/test v1.0.0/go.mod h1:2JlltgoNkt4TW/z9V/IzDdFaMTM2JPIi26O1pF38GC8=
 github.com/cli/browser v1.3.0 h1:LejqCrpWr+1pRqmEPDGnTZOjsMe7sehifLynZJuqJpo=
 github.com/cli/browser v1.3.0/go.mod h1:HH8s+fOAxjhQoBUAsKuPCbqUuxZDhQ2/aD+SzsEfBTk=
 github.com/cli/go-gh v1.0.0 h1:zE1YUAUYqGXNZuICEBeOkIMJ5F50BS0ftvtoWGlsEFI=
@@ -1346,6 +1349,7 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20211216021012-1d35b9e2eb4e/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBc
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220128215802-99c3d69c2c27/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220209214540-3681064d5158/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220227234510-4e6760a101f9/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220310020820-b874c991c1a5/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220328115105-d36c6a25d886/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220412211240-33da011f77ad/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220422013727-9388b58f7150/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
diff --git a/internal/command/console_interactive.go b/internal/command/console_interactive.go
index 5bd0bb9d39..08877f7fce 100644
--- a/internal/command/console_interactive.go
+++ b/internal/command/console_interactive.go
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc.
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
 
-//go:build !solaris
-// +build !solaris
-
-// The readline library we use doesn't currently support solaris so
-// we just build tag it off.
-
 package command
 
 import (
diff --git a/internal/command/console_interactive_solaris.go b/internal/command/console_interactive_solaris.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 3b4da8f373..0000000000
--- a/internal/command/console_interactive_solaris.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc.
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
-
-//go:build solaris
-// +build solaris
-
-package command
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-
-	"github.com/mitchellh/cli"
-
-	"github.com/opentofu/opentofu/internal/repl"
-)
-
-func (c *ConsoleCommand) modeInteractive(session *repl.Session, ui cli.Ui) int {
-	ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf(
-		"The readline library OpenTofu currently uses for the interactive\n" +
-			"console is not supported by Solaris. Interactive mode is therefore\n" +
-			"not supported on Solaris currently."))
-	return 1
-}