diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6eb6530dc..b673f6bae 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
         <tinkerpop.version>3.1.1-incubating</tinkerpop.version>
         <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
         <mrunit.version>1.1.0</mrunit.version>
-        <cassandra.version>2.1.9</cassandra.version>
+        <cassandra.version>3.0.24</cassandra.version>
         <jamm.version>0.3.0</jamm.version>
         <metrics2.version>2.1.2</metrics2.version>
         <metrics3.version>3.0.1</metrics3.version>