diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/build.gradle b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/build.gradle
index eb6b00242f9..524d2d09c4a 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/build.gradle
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/build.gradle
@@ -159,11 +159,13 @@ bom {
 			]
 		}
 	}
-	library("Cassandra Driver", "4.3.1") {
+	library("Cassandra Driver", "4.4.0") {
 		group("com.datastax.oss") {
 			modules = [
-				"java-driver-core",
-				"java-driver-query-builder"
+				"java-driver-core" {
+					exclude group: "org.slf4j", module: "jcl-over-slf4j"
+				},
+				"java-drive-query-builder"
 			]
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-data-cassandra/build.gradle b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-data-cassandra/build.gradle
index 385cd115382..942ed726c30 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-data-cassandra/build.gradle
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-data-cassandra/build.gradle
@@ -8,5 +8,7 @@ dependencies {
 	api(platform(project(":spring-boot-project:spring-boot-dependencies")))
 	api(project(":spring-boot-project:spring-boot-starters:spring-boot-starter"))
 	api("org.springframework:spring-tx")
-	api("org.springframework.data:spring-data-cassandra")
+	api("org.springframework.data:spring-data-cassandra") {
+		exclude group: "org.slf4j", module: "jcl-over-slf4j"
+	}
 }