diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 3b6ce5d6f4..d9560fcfb5 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 2.1.4
+ * Upgrade java-driver used for cassandra-stress (CASSANDRA-8842)
  * Fix CommitLog.forceRecycleAllSegments() memory access error (CASSANDRA-8812)
  * Improve assertions in Memory (CASSANDRA-8792)
  * Fix SSTableRewriter cleanup (CASSANDRA-8802)
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index eaef5340dd..e96908542e 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@
           <dependency groupId="io.netty" artifactId="netty-all" version="4.0.23.Final" />
           <dependency groupId="com.google.code.findbugs" artifactId="jsr305" version="2.0.2" />
           <dependency groupId="com.clearspring.analytics" artifactId="stream" version="2.5.2" />
-          <dependency groupId="com.datastax.cassandra" artifactId="cassandra-driver-core" version="2.0.5" />
+          <dependency groupId="com.datastax.cassandra" artifactId="cassandra-driver-core" version="2.0.9.2" />
           <dependency groupId="net.sf.supercsv" artifactId="super-csv" version="2.1.0" />
 	      <dependency groupId="net.ju-n.compile-command-annotations" artifactId="compile-command-annotations" version="1.2.0" />
         </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/tools/lib/cassandra-driver-core-2.0.5.jar b/tools/lib/cassandra-driver-core-2.0.5.jar
deleted file mode 100644
index 260183ef75..0000000000
Binary files a/tools/lib/cassandra-driver-core-2.0.5.jar and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/tools/lib/cassandra-driver-core-2.0.9.2.jar b/tools/lib/cassandra-driver-core-2.0.9.2.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3f82e770b0
Binary files /dev/null and b/tools/lib/cassandra-driver-core-2.0.9.2.jar differ