diff --git a/karaf/features.xml b/karaf/features.xml
index 2690fa76..bea8f31c 100644
--- a/karaf/features.xml
+++ b/karaf/features.xml
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 <features xmlns="http://karaf.apache.org/xmlns/features/v1.0.0" name="newts-1.5.0-SNAPSHOT">
 
-    <feature name="netty" description="Netty IO library" version="4.0.33.Final">
-      <bundle dependency="true">mvn:io.netty/netty-handler/4.0.33.Final</bundle>
-      <bundle dependency="true">mvn:io.netty/netty-common/4.0.33.Final</bundle>
-      <bundle dependency="true">mvn:io.netty/netty-buffer/4.0.33.Final</bundle>
-      <bundle dependency="true">mvn:io.netty/netty-transport/4.0.33.Final</bundle>
-      <bundle dependency="true">mvn:io.netty/netty-codec/4.0.33.Final</bundle>
+    <feature name="netty" description="Netty IO library" version="4.0.56.Final">
+      <bundle dependency="true">mvn:io.netty/netty-handler/4.0.56.Final</bundle>
+      <bundle dependency="true">mvn:io.netty/netty-common/4.0.56.Final</bundle>
+      <bundle dependency="true">mvn:io.netty/netty-buffer/4.0.56.Final</bundle>
+      <bundle dependency="true">mvn:io.netty/netty-transport/4.0.56.Final</bundle>
+      <bundle dependency="true">mvn:io.netty/netty-codec/4.0.56.Final</bundle>
     </feature>
 
-    <feature name="cassandra-driver" description="Datastax Cassandra Driver" version="3.0.0">
+    <feature name="cassandra-driver" description="Datastax Cassandra Driver" version="3.5.0">
       <feature>netty</feature>
-      <bundle dependency="true">mvn:io.dropwizard.metrics/metrics-core/3.1.2</bundle>
+      <bundle dependency="true">mvn:io.dropwizard.metrics/metrics-core/3.2.6</bundle>
       <bundle dependency="true">mvn:org.codehaus.jackson/jackson-core-asl/1.9.13</bundle>
       <bundle dependency="true">mvn:org.codehaus.jackson/jackson-mapper-asl/1.9.13</bundle>
-      <bundle dependency="true">mvn:com.datastax.cassandra/cassandra-driver-core/3.0.0</bundle>
+      <bundle dependency="true">mvn:com.datastax.cassandra/cassandra-driver-core/3.5.0</bundle>
     </feature>
 
     <feature name="fastxml-jackson" description="Jackson JSON library" version="2.5.4">