diff --git a/spring-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/cassandra/support/CassandraAccessor.java b/spring-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/cassandra/support/CassandraAccessor.java
index 12c7c9e39..b41e852e5 100644
--- a/spring-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/cassandra/support/CassandraAccessor.java
+++ b/spring-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/cassandra/support/CassandraAccessor.java
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.cassandra.support;
 
-import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
-import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
 
 import com.datastax.driver.core.Session;
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import com.datastax.driver.core.Session;
 public class CassandraAccessor implements InitializingBean {
 
 	/** Logger available to subclasses */
-	protected final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(getClass());
+	protected final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass());
 
 	private Session session;