diff --git a/bin/cqlsh b/bin/cqlsh
index c242010bd1..1397f855a6 100755
--- a/bin/cqlsh
+++ b/bin/cqlsh
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ if os.path.exists(OLD_HISTORY):
 
 DEFAULT_HOST = '127.0.0.1'
 DEFAULT_PORT = 9042
-DEFAULT_CQLVER = '3.1.6'
+DEFAULT_CQLVER = '3.1.7'
 
 DEFAULT_TIME_FORMAT = '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S%z'
 DEFAULT_FLOAT_PRECISION = 5