diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 3afedb6c75..efca8c4c2b 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
  * Outbound TCP connections ignore internode authenticator (CASSANDRA-13324)
  * Upgrade junit from 4.6 to 4.12 (CASSANDRA-13360)
  * Cleanup ParentRepairSession after repairs (CASSANDRA-13359)
+ * Upgrade snappy-java to 1.1.2.6 (CASSANDRA-13336)
  * Incremental repair not streaming correct sstables (CASSANDRA-13328)
  * Upgrade the jna version to 4.3.0 (CASSANDRA-13300)
  * Add the currentTimestamp, currentDate, currentTime and currentTimeUUID functions (CASSANDRA-13132)
diff --git a/NEWS.txt b/NEWS.txt
index e31601ae1e..f93357167c 100644
--- a/NEWS.txt
+++ b/NEWS.txt
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ Upgrading
       any inconsistencies.
     - Config option index_interval has been removed (it was deprecated since 2.0)
     - Deprecated repair JMX APIs are removed.
+    - The version of snappy-java has been upgraded to 1.1.2.6
 
 3.11.0
 ======
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 8ea8909ae7..965b71d780 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@
         <license name="The Apache Software License, Version 2.0" url="http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt"/>
         <scm connection="${scm.connection}" developerConnection="${scm.developerConnection}" url="${scm.url}"/>
         <dependencyManagement>
-          <dependency groupId="org.xerial.snappy" artifactId="snappy-java" version="1.1.1.7"/>
+          <dependency groupId="org.xerial.snappy" artifactId="snappy-java" version="1.1.2.6"/>
           <dependency groupId="net.jpountz.lz4" artifactId="lz4" version="1.3.0"/>
           <dependency groupId="com.ning" artifactId="compress-lzf" version="0.8.4"/>
           <dependency groupId="com.google.guava" artifactId="guava" version="18.0"/>
diff --git a/lib/licenses/snappy-java-1.1.1.7.txt b/lib/licenses/snappy-java-1.1.2.6.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/licenses/snappy-java-1.1.1.7.txt
rename to lib/licenses/snappy-java-1.1.2.6.txt
diff --git a/lib/snappy-java-1.1.1.7.jar b/lib/snappy-java-1.1.2.6.jar
similarity index 50%
rename from lib/snappy-java-1.1.1.7.jar
rename to lib/snappy-java-1.1.2.6.jar
index 2bbd1fceaf..5c354d192f 100644
Binary files a/lib/snappy-java-1.1.1.7.jar and b/lib/snappy-java-1.1.2.6.jar differ