diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 416f0e05dc..0b9d1a2e2d 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@
           <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="2.0.9.2" />
+          <dependency groupId="com.datastax.cassandra" artifactId="cassandra-driver-core" version="2.1.2" />
           <dependency groupId="org.javassist" artifactId="javassist" version="3.18.2-GA" />
           <dependency groupId="org.caffinitas.ohc" artifactId="ohc-core" version="0.3.2" />
           <dependency groupId="net.sf.supercsv" artifactId="super-csv" version="2.1.0" />