diff --git a/src/test/scala/io/epiphanous/flinkrunner/model/sink/CassandraSinkSpec.scala b/src/test/scala/io/epiphanous/flinkrunner/model/sink/CassandraSinkSpec.scala
index b4796eed..9387261e 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/io/epiphanous/flinkrunner/model/sink/CassandraSinkSpec.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/io/epiphanous/flinkrunner/model/sink/CassandraSinkSpec.scala
@@ -1,20 +1,31 @@
 package io.epiphanous.flinkrunner.model.sink
 
+import com.datastax.driver.core.{Cluster, CodecRegistry}
+import com.datastax.driver.extras.codecs.jdk8.InstantCodec
 import com.dimafeng.testcontainers.CassandraContainer
 import io.epiphanous.flinkrunner.model.SimpleA
 import org.apache.flink.api.scala.createTypeInformation
 
 import java.time.Instant
 import scala.collection.JavaConverters._
+import scala.collection.mutable.ArrayBuffer
 
 class CassandraSinkSpec extends SinkSpec {
   val cassandra = new CassandraContainer()
 
-  // todo: fix this test
-  ignore("cassandra sink works") {
+  property("cassandra sink works") {
     cassandra.start()
     val c       = cassandra.container
-    val session = c.getCluster.newSession()
+    val session = Cluster
+      .builder()
+      .addContactPoint(c.getHost)
+      .withPort(c.getMappedPort(9042))
+      .withoutJMXReporting()
+      .withCodecRegistry(
+        new CodecRegistry().register(InstantCodec.instance)
+      )
+      .build()
+      .newSession()
 
     session.execute("""
         |create keyspace if not exists simple_adt
@@ -42,15 +53,38 @@ class CassandraSinkSpec extends SinkSpec {
       "resource://SampleA.csv"
     )
 
-//    for (
-//      row <-
-//        session.execute("select * from simple_adt.simple_a").asScala
-//    ) {
-//      println(row.get(0, classOf[String]))
-//      println(row.get(1, classOf[String]))
-//      println(row.get(2, classOf[Int]))
-//      println(row.get(3, classOf[Instant]))
-//    }
+    // contents of SampleA.csv sorted
+    val expected =
+      """
+        |b0Q1VjB,B-TFWR-9685,226,2022-08-26T20:37:17.299Z
+        |bGlSUta,B-GSZQ-8036,245,2022-08-26T20:37:13.649Z
+        |dluBK7m,B-RYOT-2386,200,2022-08-26T20:37:39.150Z
+        |edopOkb,B-VSFJ-9246,299,2022-08-26T20:37:23.287Z
+        |gx21ge6,B-NGMZ-5351,200,2022-08-26T20:37:33.031Z
+        |i4t00SY,B-RLTY-8415,223,2022-08-26T20:37:41.671Z
+        |nF1kVdP,B-CEWP-2441,299,2022-08-26T20:37:10.113Z
+        |w0x0NBB,B-VHHF-7895,217,2022-08-26T20:36:56.524Z
+        |zVqYPPA,B-GCWD-8429,301,2022-08-26T20:37:37.854Z
+        |""".stripMargin.trim
+
+    val rows = ArrayBuffer.empty[String]
+    for (
+      row <-
+        session
+          .execute("select * from simple_adt.simple_a")
+          .asScala
+    ) {
+      rows +=
+        List(
+          row.get(0, classOf[String]),
+          row.get(1, classOf[String]),
+          row.get(2, classOf[Int]).toString,
+          row.get(3, classOf[Instant]).toString
+        ).mkString(",")
+    }
+
+    rows.sorted.mkString("\n") shouldEqual expected
+
     session.close()
     cassandra.stop()
   }