diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e3f2b6c26..0f3989299 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
     <!-- runtime deps versions -->
     <akka.version>2.3.16</akka.version>
-    <cassandra-driver-core.version>3.1.2</cassandra-driver-core.version>
+    <cassandra-driver-core.version>4.0.0</cassandra-driver-core.version>
     <chaos.version>0.8.7</chaos.version>
     <commons-math3.version>3.2</commons-math3.version>
     <commons-codec.version>1.10</commons-codec.version>