diff --git a/stack/corepersistence/pom.xml b/stack/corepersistence/pom.xml
index 45aad4b362..20276d8795 100644
--- a/stack/corepersistence/pom.xml
+++ b/stack/corepersistence/pom.xml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ limitations under the License.
         <antlr.version>3.5.2</antlr.version>
         <archaius.version>0.5.12</archaius.version>
         <astyanax.version>3.9.0</astyanax.version>
-        <cassandra.version>2.1.14</cassandra.version>
+        <cassandra.version>3.0.31</cassandra.version>
         <!--        <chop.version>1.0</chop.version>-->
         <commons.codec.version>1.6</commons.codec.version>
         <commons.collections.version>3.2.1</commons.collections.version>
diff --git a/stack/pom.xml b/stack/pom.xml
index 22651cb774..d04cdba8f5 100644
--- a/stack/pom.xml
+++ b/stack/pom.xml
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
         <amber-version>0.22-incubating</amber-version>
         <astyanax.version>3.9.0</astyanax.version>
         <aws.version>1.10.20</aws.version>
-        <cassandra-version>2.1.14</cassandra-version>
+        <cassandra-version>3.0.31</cassandra-version>
         <guava.version>18.0</guava.version>
         <guice.version>4.0</guice.version>
         <hector-om-version>3.0-03</hector-om-version>