diff --git a/examples/cassandra/README.md b/examples/cassandra/README.md
index 18338a233a951..90510e2758980 100644
--- a/examples/cassandra/README.md
+++ b/examples/cassandra/README.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ desiredState:
     id: cassandra
     containers:
       - name: cassandra
-        image: kubernetes/cassandra
+        image: kubernetes/cassandra:v2
         command:
           - /run.sh
         cpu: 1000
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ desiredState:
         id: cassandra
         containers:
           - name: cassandra
-            image: kubernetes/cassandra
+            image: kubernetes/cassandra:v2
             command:
               - /run.sh
             cpu: 1000
diff --git a/examples/cassandra/cassandra-controller.yaml b/examples/cassandra/cassandra-controller.yaml
index 345e7d79a6393..e62979cfda56f 100644
--- a/examples/cassandra/cassandra-controller.yaml
+++ b/examples/cassandra/cassandra-controller.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ desiredState:
         id: cassandra
         containers:
           - name: cassandra
-            image: kubernetes/cassandra:v1
+            image: kubernetes/cassandra:v2
             command:
               - /run.sh
             cpu: 1000
diff --git a/examples/cassandra/cassandra.yaml b/examples/cassandra/cassandra.yaml
index c0afa4e2e4ed2..23efd35e9aa76 100644
--- a/examples/cassandra/cassandra.yaml
+++ b/examples/cassandra/cassandra.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ desiredState:
     id: cassandra
     containers:
       - name: cassandra
-        image: kubernetes/cassandra:v1
+        image: kubernetes/cassandra:v2
         command:
           - /run.sh
         cpu: 1000
diff --git a/examples/cassandra/image/kubernetes-cassandra.jar b/examples/cassandra/image/kubernetes-cassandra.jar
index 9120d88297d92..faf86c690fee1 100644
Binary files a/examples/cassandra/image/kubernetes-cassandra.jar and b/examples/cassandra/image/kubernetes-cassandra.jar differ
diff --git a/examples/cassandra/java/pom.xml b/examples/cassandra/java/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..cf187fa07a0f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/cassandra/java/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>io.k8s.cassandra</groupId>
+  <artifactId>kubernetes-cassandra</artifactId>
+  <version>0.0.2</version>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory>
+  </build>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>3.8.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+        <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+        <version>1.7.5</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jackson-core-asl</artifactId>
+        <version>1.6.3</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jackson-mapper-asl</artifactId>
+        <version>1.6.3</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.cassandra</groupId>
+        <artifactId>cassandra-all</artifactId>
+        <version>2.0.11</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/examples/cassandra/java/io/k8s/cassandra/KubernetesSeedProvider.java b/examples/cassandra/java/src/io/k8s/cassandra/KubernetesSeedProvider.java
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/cassandra/java/io/k8s/cassandra/KubernetesSeedProvider.java
rename to examples/cassandra/java/src/io/k8s/cassandra/KubernetesSeedProvider.java