diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index 3a3f54791501..a4c310a70631 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.cassandra</groupId>
       <artifactId>cassandra-all</artifactId>
-      <version>1.2.19</version>
+      <version>3.0.31</version>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>