diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-data-cassandra/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-data-cassandra/pom.xml
index d21541abf8..e2b47ce024 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-data-cassandra/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-data-cassandra/pom.xml
@@ -16,46 +16,15 @@
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-data-cassandra</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.springframework.data.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${spring.version}</version>
-            <exclusions>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
-                </exclusion>
-            </exclusions>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
-            <version>${spring.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
-            <version>${spring.version}</version>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-cassandra</artifactId>
+            <version>${spring-boot-starter-data-cassandra.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-aop</artifactId>
             <version>${spring.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-expression</artifactId>
-            <version>${spring.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-tx</artifactId>
-            <version>${spring.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
@@ -91,17 +60,10 @@
                 </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.datastax.cassandra</groupId>
-            <artifactId>cassandra-driver-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${cassandra-driver-core.version}</version>
-            <optional>true</optional>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
-        <org.springframework.data.version>1.3.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.data.version>
-        <cassandra-driver-core.version>2.1.5</cassandra-driver-core.version>
+        <spring-boot-starter-data-cassandra.version>1.3.2.RELEASE</spring-boot-starter-data-cassandra.version>
         <cassandra-unit-spring.version>2.1.9.2</cassandra-unit-spring.version>
         <cassandra-unit-shaded.version>2.1.9.2</cassandra-unit-shaded.version>
         <hector-core.version>2.0-0</hector-core.version>