diff --git a/cassandra/pom.xml b/cassandra/pom.xml
index b201020b11b..00342ffa8c9 100644
--- a/cassandra/pom.xml
+++ b/cassandra/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     <properties>
         <cassandra.driver.version>4.8.0</cassandra.driver.version>
         <snappy.version>1.1.7.3</snappy.version>
-        <lz4.version>1.7.0</lz4.version>
+        <lz4.version>1.8.1</lz4.version>
         <scalate.version>1.7.1</scalate.version>
 
         <!-- test library versions -->