diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c28c23f9..df24c0e7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <cassandra.version>1.2.3</cassandra.version>
-    <cassandra-dependency.version>1.2.3</cassandra-dependency.version>
+    <cassandra.version>1.2.6</cassandra.version>
+    <cassandra-dependency.version>1.2.6</cassandra-dependency.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>