diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fb44fa62e..588d829cd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 		<build.cassandra.rpc_port>19160</build.cassandra.rpc_port>
 		<build.cassandra.ssl_storage_port>17001</build.cassandra.ssl_storage_port>
 		<build.cassandra.storage_port>17000</build.cassandra.storage_port>
-		<cassandra.version>3.11.10</cassandra.version>
+		<cassandra.version>3.11.12</cassandra.version>
 		<cassandra-driver.version>4.13.0</cassandra-driver.version>
 		<dist.id>spring-data-cassandra</dist.id>
 		<el.version>1.0</el.version>
diff --git a/setup-cassandra.sh b/setup-cassandra.sh
index 14143177b..0d6941711 100755
--- a/setup-cassandra.sh
+++ b/setup-cassandra.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 if [ -z ${CASSANDRA_VERSION+x} ]; then
-    CASSANDRA_VERSION=3.0.7
+    CASSANDRA_VERSION=3.11.12
 fi
 
 if [[ ! -d download ]] ; then