diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 3671af91a5..76a42abe80 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 2.2
+ * Rename class for DATE type in Java driver (CASSANDRA-9563)
  * Duplicate compilation of UDFs on coordinator (CASSANDRA-9475)
  * Fix connection leak in CqlRecordWriter (CASSANDRA-9576)
  * Mlockall before opening system sstables & remove boot_without_jna option (CASSANDRA-9573)
diff --git a/lib/cassandra-driver-core-2.2.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT-20150603-shaded.jar b/lib/cassandra-driver-core-2.2.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT-20150617-shaded.jar
similarity index 87%
rename from lib/cassandra-driver-core-2.2.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT-20150603-shaded.jar
rename to lib/cassandra-driver-core-2.2.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT-20150617-shaded.jar
index d75a595ac7..7d971df718 100644
Binary files a/lib/cassandra-driver-core-2.2.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT-20150603-shaded.jar and b/lib/cassandra-driver-core-2.2.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT-20150617-shaded.jar differ
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/hadoop/cql3/CqlRecordReader.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/hadoop/cql3/CqlRecordReader.java
index 3e79ad1679..6db851ddcc 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/hadoop/cql3/CqlRecordReader.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/hadoop/cql3/CqlRecordReader.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import com.datastax.driver.core.Cluster;
 import com.datastax.driver.core.ColumnDefinitions;
 import com.datastax.driver.core.ColumnMetadata;
-import com.datastax.driver.core.DateWithoutTime;
+import com.datastax.driver.core.LocalDate;
 import com.datastax.driver.core.Metadata;
 import com.datastax.driver.core.ResultSet;
 import com.datastax.driver.core.Row;
@@ -418,13 +418,13 @@ public class CqlRecordReader extends RecordReader<Long, Row>
         }
 
         @Override
-        public DateWithoutTime getDate(int i)
+        public LocalDate getDate(int i)
         {
             return row.getDate(i);
         }
 
         @Override
-        public DateWithoutTime getDate(String s)
+        public LocalDate getDate(String s)
         {
             return row.getDate(s);
         }