diff --git a/platform-tools/cassandra-extension/transaction-event-handler/pom.xml b/platform-tools/cassandra-extension/transaction-event-handler/pom.xml
index 7f348f6a4c..4fd44c57b7 100644
--- a/platform-tools/cassandra-extension/transaction-event-handler/pom.xml
+++ b/platform-tools/cassandra-extension/transaction-event-handler/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 	</parent>
 	<properties>
 		<scoverage.plugin.version>1.1.1</scoverage.plugin.version>
-		<cassandra.version>3.9</cassandra.version>
+		<cassandra.version>3.11.12</cassandra.version>
 	</properties>