diff --git a/integration-tests/cassandraql/pom.xml b/integration-tests/cassandraql/pom.xml
index c0fed2366c21..025df4b50a49 100644
--- a/integration-tests/cassandraql/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/cassandraql/pom.xml
@@ -30,34 +30,6 @@
     <name>Camel Quarkus :: Integration Tests :: Cassandra CQL</name>
     <description>Integration tests for Camel Quarkus Cassandra CQL extension</description>
 
-    <dependencyManagement>
-        <dependencies>
-            <!--  Handle temporary version of cassandra-driver-core see https://github.com/apache/camel-quarkus/issues/3773 -->
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>com.datastax.cassandra</groupId>
-                <artifactId>cassandra-driver-core</artifactId>
-                <version>${cassandra-driver-test.version}</version>
-                <exclusions>
-                    <exclusion>
-                        <groupId>com.github.stephenc.jcip</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>jcip-annotations</artifactId>
-                    </exclusion>
-                    <exclusion>
-                        <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>jsr305</artifactId>
-                    </exclusion>
-                    <exclusion>
-                        <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>listenablefuture</artifactId>
-                    </exclusion>
-                    <exclusion>
-                        <groupId>org.checkerframework</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>checker-qual</artifactId>
-                    </exclusion>
-                </exclusions>
-            </dependency>
-        </dependencies>
-    </dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.camel.quarkus</groupId>
@@ -108,19 +80,12 @@
                     <groupId>com.github.jnr</groupId>
                     <artifactId>jnr-posix</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
-                <!--  Handle temporary version of cassandra-driver-core see https://github.com/apache/camel-quarkus/issues/3773 -->
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>com.datastax.cassandra</groupId>
                     <artifactId>cassandra-driver-core</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.datastax.cassandra</groupId>
-            <artifactId>cassandra-driver-core</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
             <artifactId>quarkus-junit4-mock</artifactId>
diff --git a/integration-tests/cassandraql/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/quarkus/component/cassandraql/it/CassandraqlTestResource.java b/integration-tests/cassandraql/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/quarkus/component/cassandraql/it/CassandraqlTestResource.java
index 3d3670057fc9..bba4709952c0 100644
--- a/integration-tests/cassandraql/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/quarkus/component/cassandraql/it/CassandraqlTestResource.java
+++ b/integration-tests/cassandraql/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/quarkus/component/cassandraql/it/CassandraqlTestResource.java
@@ -17,36 +17,38 @@
 
 package org.apache.camel.quarkus.component.cassandraql.it;
 
+import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
+import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-import com.datastax.driver.core.Cluster;
-import com.datastax.driver.core.Session;
+import com.datastax.oss.driver.api.core.CqlSession;
+import com.datastax.oss.driver.api.core.CqlSessionBuilder;
+import com.datastax.oss.driver.api.core.config.DefaultDriverOption;
+import com.datastax.oss.driver.api.core.config.DriverConfigLoader;
 import io.quarkus.test.common.QuarkusTestResourceLifecycleManager;
 import org.apache.camel.util.CollectionHelper;
 import org.eclipse.microprofile.config.ConfigProvider;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-import org.testcontainers.containers.CassandraContainer;
+import org.testcontainers.cassandra.CassandraContainer;
 import org.testcontainers.containers.wait.strategy.Wait;
 import org.testcontainers.utility.DockerImageName;
 import org.testcontainers.utility.TestcontainersConfiguration;
 
-import static org.testcontainers.containers.CassandraContainer.CQL_PORT;
-
 public class CassandraqlTestResource implements QuarkusTestResourceLifecycleManager {
     private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(CassandraqlTestResource.class);
     private static final int PORT = 9042;
     private static final String DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME = ConfigProvider.getConfig().getValue("cassandra.container.image",
             String.class);
 
-    protected CassandraContainer<?> container;
+    protected CassandraContainer container;
 
     @Override
     public Map<String, String> start() {
         LOGGER.info(TestcontainersConfiguration.getInstance().toString());
         try {
             DockerImageName imageName = DockerImageName.parse(DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME).asCompatibleSubstituteFor("cassandra");
-            container = new CassandraContainer<>(imageName)
+            container = new CassandraContainer(imageName)
                     .withExposedPorts(PORT)
                     .waitingFor(Wait.forLogMessage(".*Created default superuser role.*", 1))
                     .withEnv("JVM_EXTRA_OPTS", "-Xss448k")
@@ -73,15 +75,16 @@ public Map<String, String> start() {
         }
     }
 
-    private void initDB(CassandraContainer<?> container) {
-        Cluster cluster = Cluster.builder()
-                .addContactPoint(container.getHost())
-                .withPort(container.getMappedPort(CQL_PORT))
-                .withCredentials(container.getUsername(), container.getPassword())
-                .withoutJMXReporting()
-                .build();
+    private void initDB(CassandraContainer container) {
+        InetSocketAddress endpoint = new InetSocketAddress(container.getHost(), container.getMappedPort(PORT));
+        CqlSessionBuilder builder = CqlSession.builder()
+                .withLocalDatacenter(container.getLocalDatacenter())
+                .withAuthCredentials(container.getUsername(), container.getPassword())
+                .withConfigLoader(DriverConfigLoader.programmaticBuilder()
+                        .withDuration(DefaultDriverOption.REQUEST_TIMEOUT, Duration.ofSeconds(5)).build())
+                .addContactPoint(endpoint);
 
-        try (Session session = cluster.connect()) {
+        try (CqlSession session = builder.build()) {
             session.execute("CREATE KEYSPACE IF NOT EXISTS " + CassandraqlRoutes.KEYSPACE + " WITH replication = \n" +
                     "{'class':'SimpleStrategy','replication_factor':'1'};");
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7e10e3700a36..f07fe77945e3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@
         <azure-core.version>1.53.0</azure-core.version><!-- @sync com.azure:azure-sdk-bom:${azure-sdk-bom.version} dep:com.azure:azure-core -->
         <azure-identity.version>1.14.0</azure-identity.version><!-- @sync com.azure:azure-sdk-bom:${azure-sdk-bom.version} dep:com.azure:azure-identity -->
         <azure-core-http-vertx.version>1.0.0-beta.24</azure-core-http-vertx.version> <!-- TODO: https://github.com/apache/camel-quarkus/issues/4181 -->
-        <cassandra-driver-test.version>3.7.1</cassandra-driver-test.version><!-- Keep in sync with testcontainers instead of Debezium bom -->
         <bouncycastle.version>1.79</bouncycastle.version><!-- @sync io.quarkus:quarkus-bom:${quarkus.version} dep:org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on -->
         <caffeine.version>3.1.8</caffeine.version><!-- @sync io.quarkus:quarkus-bom:${quarkus.version} dep:com.github.ben-manes.caffeine:caffeine -->
         <commons-beanutils.version>${commons-beanutils-version}</commons-beanutils.version>