diff --git a/pkgs/servers/nosql/cassandra/4.json b/pkgs/servers/nosql/cassandra/4.json
index fd0a4be8f49b..cf13954ad863 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/nosql/cassandra/4.json
+++ b/pkgs/servers/nosql/cassandra/4.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
-  "version": "4.0.7",
-  "sha256": "03k7mvm5im4lahl8wfafk5ljxd95b6zsmskip4kcpzqi6naf6s4s"
+  "version": "4.1.0",
+  "sha256": "1bh7srvdah5jvs9wrs0z9s341ix8895z0jvci2bv4bp3m7s6xzg4"
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/nosql/cassandra/generic.nix b/pkgs/servers/nosql/cassandra/generic.nix
index 6a6aa65395c9..45bea6fed4c5 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/nosql/cassandra/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/nosql/cassandra/generic.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , stdenv
 , fetchurl
-, python2
+, python
 , makeWrapper
 , gawk
 , bash
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       fi
     done
 
-    wrapProgram $out/bin/cqlsh --prefix PATH : ${python2}/bin
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/cqlsh --prefix PATH : ${python}/bin
 
     runHook postInstall
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4cc4638bbc55..0b51ff09d281 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -24061,6 +24061,7 @@ with pkgs;
     # Effective Cassandra 4.0.2 there is full Java 11 support
     #  -- https://cassandra.apache.org/doc/latest/cassandra/new/java11.html
     jre = pkgs.jdk11_headless;
+    python = python3;
   };
   cassandra = cassandra_3_11;