diff --git a/cassandra-unit/pom.xml b/cassandra-unit/pom.xml
index ab0445c..e8b695b 100644
--- a/cassandra-unit/pom.xml
+++ b/cassandra-unit/pom.xml
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.thrift</groupId>
             <artifactId>libthrift</artifactId>
-            <version>0.9.2</version>
+            <version>0.12.0</version>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>