DataStax Java driver for Apache Cassandra®

New features and bug fixes are developed on the latest minor version of the driver, and users are encouraged to stay current with those minor releases. APIs are maintained stable according to semantic versioning conventions, and upgrades should be trivial.

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DataStax Java driver compatibility

The following compatibility tables include Java driver versions from 2.1 through latest. However, DataStax doesn’t support the 3.x series of the Java driver. For information about upgrading to the 4.x series, see the Java driver 4.x upgrade guide and the DataStax Support Java driver upgrade article.

Cassandra
DSE
HCD
Astra DB

Driver version

Apache Cassandra® version

4.0+

3.0+

^e

^e

^e Limited to the Cassandra 3.x/2.2.x API.

Driver version

DataStax Enterprise (DSE) version

6.9

6.8

5.1

4.5+ (Latest 4.11+)

^g

^g

^g

^g

^g

^g Doesn’t support all DSE features.

Driver version

Hyper-Converged Database (HCD) version

1.1+

4.5+ (Latest 4.11+)

^g

^g Doesn’t support all DSE features.

Driver version

Astra DB compatibility

4.3+ (Latest 4.11+)

DSE Java driver compatibility

The DSE-only Java driver reached EOL in January 2022.

Driver version

DataStax Enterprise (DSE) version

6.9

6.8

5.1

^k

^k

^b

^b

^a

^a

^a

^a Limited to DSE 5.0 API.

^b Limited to DSE 5.1 API.

^k Not compatible with Graph features introduced in DSE 6.8, such as the Core Graph model and Graph protocol.

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