diff --git a/bin/cqlsh b/bin/cqlsh
index ab295ed20d..f6e2f8c4dc 100755
--- a/bin/cqlsh
+++ b/bin/cqlsh
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ from cqlshlib.tracing import print_trace_session, print_trace
 
 DEFAULT_HOST = '127.0.0.1'
 DEFAULT_PORT = 9042
-DEFAULT_CQLVER = '3.2.0'
+DEFAULT_CQLVER = '3.3.0'
 DEFAULT_PROTOCOL_VERSION = 4
 
 DEFAULT_FLOAT_PRECISION = 5