diff --git a/test/distributed/org/apache/cassandra/distributed/test/CASTest.java b/test/distributed/org/apache/cassandra/distributed/test/CASTest.java
index 4cefbf0ad1..91d26f8f2b 100644
--- a/test/distributed/org/apache/cassandra/distributed/test/CASTest.java
+++ b/test/distributed/org/apache/cassandra/distributed/test/CASTest.java
@@ -58,6 +58,16 @@ public class CASTest extends TestBaseImpl
 {
     private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(CASTest.class);
 
+    /**
+     * The {@code cas_contention_timeout_in_ms} used during the tests
+     */
+    private static final long CONTENTION_TIMEOUT = 1000L;
+
+    /**
+     * The {@code write_request_timeout_in_ms} used during the tests
+     */
+    private static final long REQUEST_TIMEOUT = 1000L;
+
     @Test
     public void simpleUpdate() throws Throwable
     {
@@ -80,7 +90,8 @@ public class CASTest extends TestBaseImpl
     @Test
     public void incompletePrepare() throws Throwable
     {
-        try (Cluster cluster = init(Cluster.create(3, config -> config.set("write_request_timeout_in_ms", 200L).set("cas_contention_timeout_in_ms", 200L))))
+        try (Cluster cluster = init(Cluster.create(3, config -> config.set("write_request_timeout_in_ms", REQUEST_TIMEOUT)
+                                                                      .set("cas_contention_timeout_in_ms", CONTENTION_TIMEOUT))))
         {
             cluster.schemaChange("CREATE TABLE " + KEYSPACE + ".tbl (pk int, ck int, v int, PRIMARY KEY (pk, ck))");
 
@@ -103,7 +114,8 @@ public class CASTest extends TestBaseImpl
     @Test
     public void incompletePropose() throws Throwable
     {
-        try (Cluster cluster = init(Cluster.create(3, config -> config.set("write_request_timeout_in_ms", 200L).set("cas_contention_timeout_in_ms", 200L))))
+        try (Cluster cluster = init(Cluster.create(3, config -> config.set("write_request_timeout_in_ms", REQUEST_TIMEOUT)
+                                                                      .set("cas_contention_timeout_in_ms", CONTENTION_TIMEOUT))))
         {
             cluster.schemaChange("CREATE TABLE " + KEYSPACE + ".tbl (pk int, ck int, v int, PRIMARY KEY (pk, ck))");
 
@@ -129,7 +141,8 @@ public class CASTest extends TestBaseImpl
     @Test
     public void incompleteCommit() throws Throwable
     {
-        try (Cluster cluster = init(Cluster.create(3, config -> config.set("write_request_timeout_in_ms", 200L).set("cas_contention_timeout_in_ms", 200L))))
+        try (Cluster cluster = init(Cluster.create(3, config -> config.set("write_request_timeout_in_ms", REQUEST_TIMEOUT)
+                                                                      .set("cas_contention_timeout_in_ms", CONTENTION_TIMEOUT))))
         {
             cluster.schemaChange("CREATE TABLE " + KEYSPACE + ".tbl (pk int, ck int, v int, PRIMARY KEY (pk, ck))");
 
@@ -190,7 +203,7 @@ public class CASTest extends TestBaseImpl
         // is due to the in-jvm dtest framework. This is is why we use a 4 seconds timeout here. Given this test is
         // not about performance, this is probably ok, even if we ideally should dug into the underlying reason.
         try (Cluster cluster = init(Cluster.create(3, config -> config.set("write_request_timeout_in_ms", 4000L)
-                                                                      .set("cas_contention_timeout_in_ms", 200L))))
+                                                                      .set("cas_contention_timeout_in_ms", CONTENTION_TIMEOUT))))
         {
             String table = KEYSPACE + ".t";
             cluster.schemaChange("CREATE TABLE " + table + " (k int PRIMARY KEY, v int)");
@@ -364,8 +377,8 @@ public class CASTest extends TestBaseImpl
     public void testSuccessfulWriteBeforeRangeMovement() throws Throwable
     {
         try (Cluster cluster = Cluster.create(4, config -> config
-                .set("write_request_timeout_in_ms", 200L)
-                .set("cas_contention_timeout_in_ms", 200L)))
+                .set("write_request_timeout_in_ms", REQUEST_TIMEOUT)
+                .set("cas_contention_timeout_in_ms", CONTENTION_TIMEOUT)))
         {
             cluster.schemaChange("CREATE KEYSPACE " + KEYSPACE + " WITH replication = {'class': 'SimpleStrategy', 'replication_factor': 3};");
             cluster.schemaChange("CREATE TABLE " + KEYSPACE + ".tbl (pk int, ck int, v1 int, v2 int, PRIMARY KEY (pk, ck))");
@@ -405,8 +418,8 @@ public class CASTest extends TestBaseImpl
     public void testConflictingWritesWithStaleRingInformation() throws Throwable
     {
         try (Cluster cluster = Cluster.create(4, config -> config
-                .set("write_request_timeout_in_ms", 200L)
-                .set("cas_contention_timeout_in_ms", 200L)))
+                .set("write_request_timeout_in_ms", REQUEST_TIMEOUT)
+                .set("cas_contention_timeout_in_ms", CONTENTION_TIMEOUT)))
         {
             cluster.schemaChange("CREATE KEYSPACE " + KEYSPACE + " WITH replication = {'class': 'SimpleStrategy', 'replication_factor': 3};");
             cluster.schemaChange("CREATE TABLE " + KEYSPACE + ".tbl (pk int, ck int, v1 int, v2 int, PRIMARY KEY (pk, ck))");
@@ -445,8 +458,8 @@ public class CASTest extends TestBaseImpl
     public void testSucccessfulWriteDuringRangeMovementFollowedByRead() throws Throwable
     {
         try (Cluster cluster = Cluster.create(4, config -> config
-                .set("write_request_timeout_in_ms", 200L)
-                .set("cas_contention_timeout_in_ms", 200L)))
+                .set("write_request_timeout_in_ms", REQUEST_TIMEOUT)
+                .set("cas_contention_timeout_in_ms", CONTENTION_TIMEOUT)))
         {
             cluster.schemaChange("CREATE KEYSPACE " + KEYSPACE + " WITH replication = {'class': 'SimpleStrategy', 'replication_factor': 3};");
             cluster.schemaChange("CREATE TABLE " + KEYSPACE + ".tbl (pk int, ck int, v int, PRIMARY KEY (pk, ck))");
@@ -489,8 +502,8 @@ public class CASTest extends TestBaseImpl
     public void testSuccessfulWriteDuringRangeMovementFollowedByConflicting() throws Throwable
     {
         try (Cluster cluster = Cluster.create(4, config -> config
-                .set("write_request_timeout_in_ms", 200L)
-                .set("cas_contention_timeout_in_ms", 200L)))
+                .set("write_request_timeout_in_ms", REQUEST_TIMEOUT)
+                .set("cas_contention_timeout_in_ms", CONTENTION_TIMEOUT)))
         {
             cluster.schemaChange("CREATE KEYSPACE " + KEYSPACE + " WITH replication = {'class': 'SimpleStrategy', 'replication_factor': 3};");
             cluster.schemaChange("CREATE TABLE " + KEYSPACE + ".tbl (pk int, ck int, v1 int, v2 int, PRIMARY KEY (pk, ck))");
@@ -541,8 +554,8 @@ public class CASTest extends TestBaseImpl
     public void testIncompleteWriteFollowedBySuccessfulWriteWithStaleRingDuringRangeMovementFollowedByRead() throws Throwable
     {
         try (Cluster cluster = Cluster.create(4, config -> config
-                .set("write_request_timeout_in_ms", 200L)
-                .set("cas_contention_timeout_in_ms", 200L)))
+                .set("write_request_timeout_in_ms", REQUEST_TIMEOUT)
+                .set("cas_contention_timeout_in_ms", CONTENTION_TIMEOUT)))
         {
             cluster.schemaChange("CREATE KEYSPACE " + KEYSPACE + " WITH replication = {'class': 'SimpleStrategy', 'replication_factor': 3};");
             cluster.schemaChange("CREATE TABLE " + KEYSPACE + ".tbl (pk int, ck int, v1 int, v2 int, PRIMARY KEY (pk, ck))");
@@ -605,8 +618,8 @@ public class CASTest extends TestBaseImpl
     public void testIncompleteWriteFollowedBySuccessfulWriteWithStaleRingDuringRangeMovementFollowedByWrite() throws Throwable
     {
         try (Cluster cluster = Cluster.create(4, config -> config
-                .set("write_request_timeout_in_ms", 200L)
-                .set("cas_contention_timeout_in_ms", 200L)))
+                .set("write_request_timeout_in_ms", REQUEST_TIMEOUT)
+                .set("cas_contention_timeout_in_ms", CONTENTION_TIMEOUT)))
         {
             cluster.schemaChange("CREATE KEYSPACE " + KEYSPACE + " WITH replication = {'class': 'SimpleStrategy', 'replication_factor': 3};");
             cluster.schemaChange("CREATE TABLE " + KEYSPACE + ".tbl (pk int, ck int, v1 int, v2 int, PRIMARY KEY (pk, ck))");