diff --git a/vendor/k8s.io/kubernetes/examples/storage/cassandra/java/pom.xml b/vendor/k8s.io/kubernetes/examples/storage/cassandra/java/pom.xml
index 2a2d21f230292..342b660673412 100644
--- a/vendor/k8s.io/kubernetes/examples/storage/cassandra/java/pom.xml
+++ b/vendor/k8s.io/kubernetes/examples/storage/cassandra/java/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <logback.version>1.1.3</logback.version>
-        <cassandra.version>3.9</cassandra.version>
+        <cassandra.version>4.0.12</cassandra.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>