diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 23fc0c71b..c3d2ba335 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 		<build.cassandra.ssl_storage_port>17001</build.cassandra.ssl_storage_port>
 		<build.cassandra.storage_port>17000</build.cassandra.storage_port>
 		<cassandra.version>3.11.5</cassandra.version>
-		<cassandra-driver.version>4.6.0</cassandra-driver.version>
+		<cassandra-driver.version>4.6.1</cassandra-driver.version>
 		<dist.id>spring-data-cassandra</dist.id>
 		<el.version>1.0</el.version>
 		<!-- NOTE: com.carrotsearch:hppc dependency version set to same version as Apache Cassandra 3.11.5 -->