diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-data-cassandra-reactive/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-data-cassandra-reactive/pom.xml
index 5dd5ab4b69..cddb62186b 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-data-cassandra-reactive/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-data-cassandra-reactive/pom.xml
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-validation</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
             <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
@@ -52,8 +56,7 @@
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
-        <spring-boot.version>2.2.6.RELEASE</spring-boot.version>
-        <cassandra-unit-spring.version>3.11.2.0</cassandra-unit-spring.version>
+        <cassandra-unit-spring.version>4.3.1.0</cassandra-unit-spring.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
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diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-data-cassandra-reactive/src/main/resources/application.properties b/persistence-modules/spring-data-cassandra-reactive/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 7ed2f10131..5acbcdd5a3 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-data-cassandra-reactive/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-data-cassandra-reactive/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 spring.data.cassandra.keyspace-name=practice
-spring.data.cassandra.port=9042
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+spring.data.cassandra.port=9042
+spring.data.cassandra.local-datacenter=datacenter1
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