diff --git a/adapter-cqld4/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/adapter/cqld4/CqlDriverAdapterStub.java b/adapter-cqld4/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/adapter/cqld4/CqlDriverAdapterStub.java
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+++ b/adapter-cqld4/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/adapter/cqld4/CqlDriverAdapterStub.java
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+package io.nosqlbench.adapter.cqld4;
+
+import io.nosqlbench.engine.api.activityimpl.uniform.DriverAdapter;
+import io.nosqlbench.nb.annotations.Service;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+
+@Service(value = DriverAdapter.class, selector = "cql")
+public class CqlDriverAdapterStub extends Cqld4DriverAdapter {
+    private final static Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(CqlDriverAdapterStub.class);
+
+    public CqlDriverAdapterStub() {
+        super();
+        logger.warn("This version of NoSQLBench uses the DataStax Java Driver version 4 for all CQL workloads. In this preview version, advanced testing features present in the previous cql and cqld3 drivers are being back-ported. If you need those features, please use only the release artifacts. To suppress this message, use driver=cqld4. This warning will be removed in a future version when all features are completely back-ported.");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/adapter-cqld4/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/adapter/cqld4/Cqld3DriverAdapterStub.java b/adapter-cqld4/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/adapter/cqld4/Cqld3DriverAdapterStub.java
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+++ b/adapter-cqld4/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/adapter/cqld4/Cqld3DriverAdapterStub.java
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+package io.nosqlbench.adapter.cqld4;
+
+import io.nosqlbench.engine.api.activityimpl.uniform.DriverAdapter;
+import io.nosqlbench.nb.annotations.Service;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+
+@Service(value = DriverAdapter.class, selector = "cqld3")
+public class Cqld3DriverAdapterStub extends Cqld4DriverAdapter {
+    private final static Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(Cqld3DriverAdapterStub.class);
+
+    public Cqld3DriverAdapterStub() {
+        super();
+        logger.warn("This version of NoSQLBench uses the DataStax Java Driver version 4 for all CQL workloads. In this preview version, advanced testing features present in the previous cql and cqld3 drivers are being back-ported. If you need those features, please use only the release artifacts. To suppress this message, use driver=cqld4. This warning will be removed in a future version when all features are completely back-ported.");
+    }
+}