diff --git a/recipes/cassandra.properties b/recipes/cassandra.properties
index ae7a40a0..b14ccbcb 100644
--- a/recipes/cassandra.properties
+++ b/recipes/cassandra.properties
@@ -39,5 +39,5 @@ whirr.instance-templates=3 cassandra
 # whirr.public-key-file=${whirr.private-key-file}.pub
 
 # Expert: specify the version of Cassandra to install.
-#whirr.cassandra.version.major=1.0.8
-#whirr.cassandra.tarball.url=http://www.apache.org/dist/cassandra/1.0.8/apache-cassandra-1.0.8-bin.tar.gz
+#whirr.cassandra.version.major=1.1.2
+#whirr.cassandra.tarball.url=http://www.apache.org/dist/cassandra/1.1.2/apache-cassandra-1.1.2-bin.tar.gz
diff --git a/services/cassandra/pom.xml b/services/cassandra/pom.xml
index 0ec9ae8f..6519074e 100644
--- a/services/cassandra/pom.xml
+++ b/services/cassandra/pom.xml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.cassandra</groupId>
       <artifactId>cassandra-all</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.8</version>
+      <version>1.1.2</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.cassandra.deps</groupId>
diff --git a/services/cassandra/src/main/resources/functions/install_cassandra.sh b/services/cassandra/src/main/resources/functions/install_cassandra.sh
index a65133d4..a5c4c6b7 100644
--- a/services/cassandra/src/main/resources/functions/install_cassandra.sh
+++ b/services/cassandra/src/main/resources/functions/install_cassandra.sh
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 #
 function install_cassandra() {
 
-  C_MAJOR_VERSION=${1:-1.0}
-  C_TAR_URL=${2:-http://archive.apache.org/dist/cassandra/1.0.8/apache-cassandra-1.0.8-bin.tar.gz}
+  C_MAJOR_VERSION=${1:-1.1}
+  C_TAR_URL=${2:-http://apache.osuosl.org/cassandra/1.1.2/apache-cassandra-1.1.2-bin.tar.gz}
  
   c_tar_file=`basename $C_TAR_URL`
   c_tar_dir=`echo $c_tar_file | awk -F '-bin' '{print $1}'`