diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 1d76328e15..43a33eb9e7 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 4.0.11
+ * Upgrade snappy to 1.1.10.1 (CASSANDRA-18608)
  * Fix assertion error when describing mv as table (CASSANDRA-18596)
  * Track the amount of read data per row (CASSANDRA-18513)
  * Fix Down nodes counter in nodetool describecluster (CASSANDRA-18512)
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index f50cb9bf4d..e6f0a4ce5e 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@
         <license name="The Apache Software License, Version 2.0" url="https://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="1.1.2.6"/>
+          <dependency groupId="org.xerial.snappy" artifactId="snappy-java" version="1.1.10.1"/>
           <dependency groupId="org.lz4" artifactId="lz4-java" version="1.8.0"/>
           <dependency groupId="com.ning" artifactId="compress-lzf" version="0.8.4" scope="provided"/>
           <dependency groupId="com.github.luben" artifactId="zstd-jni" version="1.5.5-1"/>