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+# cql
+
+In this version of NoSQLBench, the CQL driver is fully
+based on version 4 of the
+[Java Driver for Apache Cassandra](https://github.com/apache/cassandra-java-driver)
+version 4.X.
+
+This `cqld4` driver has replaced the older CQL driver under the name `cql`.
+Previous versions of the CQL drivers are no longer bundled with NB5. Instead,
+when you specify either `cql` or `cqld4`, the version 4 drivers is used.
+
+See the help for `cqld4` for more details.