diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2b24f91b9..5b574d12d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 		<build.cassandra.ssl_storage_port>17001</build.cassandra.ssl_storage_port>
 		<build.cassandra.storage_port>17000</build.cassandra.storage_port>
 		<cassandra.version>3.0.0</cassandra.version>
-		<cassandra-driver.version>3.0.3</cassandra-driver.version>
+		<cassandra-driver.version>3.1.0</cassandra-driver.version>
 		<dist.id>spring-data-cassandra</dist.id>
 		<el.version>1.0</el.version>
 		<failsafe.version>2.16</failsafe.version>