diff --git a/bin/cqlsh.py b/bin/cqlsh.py
index c946ce0ed0..8bbd5b50cb 100644
--- a/bin/cqlsh.py
+++ b/bin/cqlsh.py
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ from cqlshlib.util import get_file_encoding_bomsize, trim_if_present
 
 DEFAULT_HOST = '127.0.0.1'
 DEFAULT_PORT = 9042
-DEFAULT_CQLVER = '3.3.1'
+DEFAULT_CQLVER = '3.4.0'
 DEFAULT_PROTOCOL_VERSION = 4
 DEFAULT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 5