diff --git a/adapter-cqld4/pom.xml b/adapter-cqld4/pom.xml
index 3ae208150..3eca4d898 100644
--- a/adapter-cqld4/pom.xml
+++ b/adapter-cqld4/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,17 @@
 
         <!-- core dependencies -->
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.tinkerpop</groupId>
+            <artifactId>gremlin-core</artifactId>
+            <version>3.4.12</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.tinkerpop</groupId>
+            <artifactId>tinkergraph-gremlin</artifactId>
+            <version>3.4.12</version>
+        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.nosqlbench</groupId>
             <artifactId>engine-api</artifactId>
@@ -42,34 +53,15 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>
             <artifactId>java-driver-core</artifactId>
-            <version>4.12.0</version>
+            <version>4.13.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
-<!--        <dependency>-->
-<!--            <groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>-->
-<!--            <artifactId>java-driver-core-shaded</artifactId>-->
-<!--            <version>4.12.0</version>-->
-<!--        </dependency>-->
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>
             <artifactId>java-driver-query-builder</artifactId>
-            <version>4.12.0</version>
+            <version>4.13.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
-
-<!--        &lt;!&ndash; For CQL compression option &ndash;&gt;-->
-<!--        <dependency>-->
-<!--            <groupId>org.lz4</groupId>-->
-<!--            <artifactId>lz4-java</artifactId>-->
-<!--        </dependency>-->
-
-<!--        &lt;!&ndash; For CQL compression option &ndash;&gt;-->
-<!--        <dependency>-->
-<!--            <groupId>org.xerial.snappy</groupId>-->
-<!--            <artifactId>snappy-java</artifactId>-->
-<!--        </dependency>-->
-
     </dependencies>
 
 </project>