diff --git a/connectors/cassandra/connector-cassandra/src/main/java/org/teiid/resource/adapter/cassandra/CassandraConnectionImpl.java b/connectors/cassandra/connector-cassandra/src/main/java/org/teiid/resource/adapter/cassandra/CassandraConnectionImpl.java
index 5f28803f2d..bf89e525e1 100644
--- a/connectors/cassandra/connector-cassandra/src/main/java/org/teiid/resource/adapter/cassandra/CassandraConnectionImpl.java
+++ b/connectors/cassandra/connector-cassandra/src/main/java/org/teiid/resource/adapter/cassandra/CassandraConnectionImpl.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 package org.teiid.resource.adapter.cassandra;
 
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
 
 import javax.resource.ResourceException;
 
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ public class CassandraConnectionImpl extends BasicConnection implements Cassandr
 	private Cluster cluster = null;
 	private Session session = null;
 	private Metadata metadata = null;
-	private ProtocolVersion version;
+	private VersionNumber version;
 	
 	public CassandraConnectionImpl(CassandraManagedConnectionFactory config, Metadata metadata) {
 		this.config = config;
@@ -67,7 +68,11 @@ public CassandraConnectionImpl(CassandraManagedConnectionFactory config) {
 		
 		this.session = cluster.connect(config.getKeyspace());
 		
-		this.version = this.session.getCluster().getConfiguration().getProtocolOptions().getProtocolVersion();
+		Set<Host> allHosts = cluster.getMetadata().getAllHosts();
+		if (!allHosts.isEmpty()) {
+            Host host = allHosts.iterator().next();
+            this.version = host.getCassandraVersion();
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -125,7 +130,7 @@ public KeyspaceMetadata keyspaceInfo() throws ResourceException {
 	}
 	
 	@Override
-	public ProtocolVersion getVersion() {
+	public VersionNumber getVersion() {
 		return version;
 	}
 	
diff --git a/connectors/cassandra/translator-cassandra/pom.xml b/connectors/cassandra/translator-cassandra/pom.xml
index 83678b071c..ae2fc2bb95 100644
--- a/connectors/cassandra/translator-cassandra/pom.xml
+++ b/connectors/cassandra/translator-cassandra/pom.xml
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
 	      <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-          <groupId>com.codahale.metrics</groupId>
+          <groupId>io.dropwizard.metrics</groupId>
           <artifactId>metrics-core</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/connectors/cassandra/translator-cassandra/src/main/java/org/teiid/translator/cassandra/CassandraConnection.java b/connectors/cassandra/translator-cassandra/src/main/java/org/teiid/translator/cassandra/CassandraConnection.java
index cbb695fa8d..007d255ebe 100644
--- a/connectors/cassandra/translator-cassandra/src/main/java/org/teiid/translator/cassandra/CassandraConnection.java
+++ b/connectors/cassandra/translator-cassandra/src/main/java/org/teiid/translator/cassandra/CassandraConnection.java
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 import javax.resource.cci.Connection;
 
 import com.datastax.driver.core.KeyspaceMetadata;
-import com.datastax.driver.core.ProtocolVersion;
 import com.datastax.driver.core.ResultSetFuture;
+import com.datastax.driver.core.VersionNumber;
 
 /**
  * Connection to Cassandra NoSql database.
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ public interface CassandraConnection extends Connection{
 	ResultSetFuture executeBatch(String update, List<Object[]> values);
 
 	/**
-	 * Get the protocol version in use for this connection
+	 * Get the version in use for this connection
 	 * @return
 	 */
-	ProtocolVersion getVersion();
+	VersionNumber getVersion();
 	
 }
diff --git a/connectors/cassandra/translator-cassandra/src/main/java/org/teiid/translator/cassandra/CassandraExecutionFactory.java b/connectors/cassandra/translator-cassandra/src/main/java/org/teiid/translator/cassandra/CassandraExecutionFactory.java
index 52f529cb52..c965f08469 100644
--- a/connectors/cassandra/translator-cassandra/src/main/java/org/teiid/translator/cassandra/CassandraExecutionFactory.java
+++ b/connectors/cassandra/translator-cassandra/src/main/java/org/teiid/translator/cassandra/CassandraExecutionFactory.java
@@ -44,18 +44,21 @@
 import org.teiid.translator.TranslatorException;
 import org.teiid.translator.UpdateExecution;
 
-import com.datastax.driver.core.ProtocolVersion;
+import com.datastax.driver.core.VersionNumber;
 
 
 @Translator(name = "cassandra", description = "A translator for Cassandra NoSql database")
 public class CassandraExecutionFactory extends ExecutionFactory<ConnectionFactory, CassandraConnection> {
-	public static final BundleUtil UTIL = BundleUtil.getBundleUtil(CassandraExecutionFactory.class);
+	private static final VersionNumber DEFAULT_VERSION = VersionNumber.parse("1.2.0"); //$NON-NLS-1$
+    private static final VersionNumber V2 = VersionNumber.parse("2.0.0"); //$NON-NLS-1$
+	private static final VersionNumber V2_2 = VersionNumber.parse("2.2.0"); //$NON-NLS-1$
+    public static final BundleUtil UTIL = BundleUtil.getBundleUtil(CassandraExecutionFactory.class);
 
 	public static enum Event implements BundleUtil.Event {
 		TEIID22000
 	}
 
-	private boolean isV2;
+	private VersionNumber version;
 	
 	@Override
 	public void start() throws TranslatorException {
@@ -136,34 +139,34 @@ public boolean supportsRowLimit() {
 	
 	@Override
 	public boolean supportsBulkUpdate() {
-		return isV2;
+		return version.compareTo(V2) >= 0;
 	}
 	
 	@Override
 	public boolean supportsBatchedUpdates() {
-		return isV2;
-	}
-      /*
-       @Override
-       public boolean supportsAggregatesSum() {
-         return true;
-       }
-
-       @Override
-       public boolean supportsAggregatesAvg() {
-           return true;
-       }
-    
-	@Override
-        public boolean supportsAggregatesMin() {
-    	    return true;
-        }
-	
-        @Override
-        public boolean supportsAggregatesMax() {
-    	    return true;
-        }
-	*/
+	    return version.compareTo(V2) >= 0;
+	}
+      
+    @Override
+    public boolean supportsAggregatesSum() {
+        return version.compareTo(V2_2) >= 0;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean supportsAggregatesAvg() {
+        return version.compareTo(V2_2) >= 0;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean supportsAggregatesMin() {
+        return version.compareTo(V2_2) >= 0;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean supportsAggregatesMax() {
+        return version.compareTo(V2_2) >= 0;
+    }
+
 	@Override
 	public boolean returnsSingleUpdateCount() {
 		return true;
@@ -175,8 +178,9 @@ public void initCapabilities(CassandraConnection connection)
 		if (connection == null) {
 			return;
 		}
-		if (connection.getVersion().compareTo(ProtocolVersion.V2) >= 0) {
-			this.isV2 = true;
+		this.version = connection.getVersion();
+		if (this.version == null) {
+		     this.version = DEFAULT_VERSION;  
 		}
 	}
 	
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ab390b07be..ff5089fe09 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 	    <mysql.connector.version>5.1.5</mysql.connector.version>
         <version.org.codehaus.groovy>2.4.4</version.org.codehaus.groovy>
         <version.com.h2database>1.3.152</version.com.h2database>
-        <version.com.codahale.metrics.metrics-core>3.0.2</version.com.codahale.metrics.metrics-core>
+        <version.io.dropwizard.metrics.metrics-core>3.1.2</version.io.dropwizard.metrics.metrics-core>
         <version.de.flapdoodle.embed.mongo>1.46.0</version.de.flapdoodle.embed.mongo>
         <version.org.eclipse.persistence>2.5.0</version.org.eclipse.persistence>
         <version.org.apache.olingo>4.3.0</version.org.apache.olingo>
@@ -1267,9 +1267,9 @@
                 <version>${version.cassandra-driver-core}</version>                
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
-                <groupId>com.codahale.metrics</groupId>
+                <groupId>io.dropwizard.metrics</groupId>
                 <artifactId>metrics-core</artifactId>
-                <version>${version.com.codahale.metrics.metrics-core}</version>                
+                <version>${version.io.dropwizard.metrics.metrics-core}</version>                
             </dependency>      
 <!--             <dependency>
               <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>