diff --git a/log4j-cassandra/pom.xml b/log4j-cassandra/pom.xml
index 074f2ddec4d..860e25acd88 100644
--- a/log4j-cassandra/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-cassandra/pom.xml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.cassandra</groupId>
       <artifactId>cassandra-all</artifactId>
-      <version>2.2.8</version>
+      <version>2.2.18</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>