diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4a883e8d6..f31f733ed 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -89,11 +89,10 @@
 		<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>3.11.0</cassandra.version>
+		<cassandra.version>3.11.1</cassandra.version>
 		<cassandra-driver.version>3.3.2</cassandra-driver.version>
 		<dist.id>spring-data-cassandra</dist.id>
 		<el.version>1.0</el.version>
-		<failsafe.version>2.16</failsafe.version>
 		<multithreadedtc.version>1.01</multithreadedtc.version>
 		<project.type>multi</project.type>
 		<springdata.commons>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</springdata.commons>
@@ -177,7 +176,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.xerial.snappy</groupId>
 				<artifactId>snappy-java</artifactId>
-				<version>1.1.2.1</version>
+				<version>1.1.4</version>
 				<scope>test</scope>
 			</dependency>
 
@@ -248,7 +247,6 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>${failsafe.version}</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<forkCount>1</forkCount>
 					<argLine>-Xms1g -Xmx1500m -Xss256k</argLine>