diff --git a/mvn-defaults/pom.xml b/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
index 1f68a0116..0ac81f2ff 100644
--- a/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
+++ b/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
@@ -178,17 +178,17 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.cassandra</groupId>
                 <artifactId>java-driver-core</artifactId>
-                <version>4.18.1</version>
+                <version>4.19.0</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.cassandra</groupId>
                 <artifactId>java-driver-query-builder</artifactId>
-                <version>4.18.1</version>
+                <version>4.19.0</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.cassandra</groupId>
                 <artifactId>java-driver-mapper-runtime</artifactId>
-                <version>4.18.1</version>
+                <version>4.19.0</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
diff --git a/nb-adapters/adapter-cqld4/pom.xml b/nb-adapters/adapter-cqld4/pom.xml
index 71a9e9700..23a8053c4 100644
--- a/nb-adapters/adapter-cqld4/pom.xml
+++ b/nb-adapters/adapter-cqld4/pom.xml
@@ -59,13 +59,11 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.cassandra</groupId>
             <artifactId>java-driver-core</artifactId>
-            <version>4.18.1</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.cassandra</groupId>
             <artifactId>java-driver-query-builder</artifactId>
-            <version>4.18.1</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>