diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index c000955a2f..56ed1be85a 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 3.0
+ * Upgrade Snappy (CASSANDRA-9063)
  * Don't start Thrift rpc by default (CASSANDRA-9319)
  * Only stream from unrepaired sstables with incremental repair (CASSANDRA-8267)
  * Aggregate UDFs allow SFUNC return type to differ from STYPE if FFUNC specified (CASSANDRA-9321)
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index c019025aa0..bdcb33c4ee 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@
         <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="1.0.5.2"/>
+          <dependency groupId="org.xerial.snappy" artifactId="snappy-java" version="1.1.1.7"/>
           <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="16.0"/>
diff --git a/lib/licenses/snappy-java-1.0.5.txt b/lib/licenses/snappy-java-1.1.1.7.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/licenses/snappy-java-1.0.5.txt
rename to lib/licenses/snappy-java-1.1.1.7.txt
diff --git a/lib/snappy-java-1.0.5.2.jar b/lib/snappy-java-1.0.5.2.jar
deleted file mode 100644
index e0efe83b65..0000000000
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diff --git a/lib/snappy-java-1.1.1.7.jar b/lib/snappy-java-1.1.1.7.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2bbd1fceaf
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