diff --git a/changelog/14973.txt b/changelog/14973.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..461aa38cdecde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/14973.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:bug
+cassandra: Update gocql Cassandra client to fix "no hosts available in the pool" error
+```
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index abeddeebc5e7f..d545e898eb96f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-ldap/ldap/v3 v3.4.1
 	github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.5.0
 	github.com/go-test/deep v1.0.8
-	github.com/gocql/gocql v0.0.0-20210401103645-80ab1e13e309
+	github.com/gocql/gocql v1.0.0
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.6
 	github.com/google/go-github v17.0.0+incompatible
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 313e8f0ba746d..275a3cd065229 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -640,6 +640,8 @@ github.com/gobuffalo/packr/v2 v2.2.0/go.mod h1:CaAwI0GPIAv+5wKLtv8Afwl+Cm78K/I/V
 github.com/gobuffalo/syncx v0.0.0-20190224160051-33c29581e754/go.mod h1:HhnNqWY95UYwwW3uSASeV7vtgYkT2t16hJgV3AEPUpw=
 github.com/gocql/gocql v0.0.0-20210401103645-80ab1e13e309 h1:8MHuCGYDXh0skFrLumkCMlt9C29hxhqNx39+Haemeqw=
 github.com/gocql/gocql v0.0.0-20210401103645-80ab1e13e309/go.mod h1:DL0ekTmBSTdlNF25Orwt/JMzqIq3EJ4MVa/J/uK64OY=
+github.com/gocql/gocql v1.0.0 h1:UnbTERpP72VZ/viKE1Q1gPtmLvyTZTvuAstvSRydw/c=
+github.com/gocql/gocql v1.0.0/go.mod h1:3gM2c4D3AnkISwBxGnMMsS8Oy4y2lhbPRsH4xnJrHG8=
 github.com/godbus/dbus v0.0.0-20151105175453-c7fdd8b5cd55/go.mod h1:/YcGZj5zSblfDWMMoOzV4fas9FZnQYTkDnsGvmh2Grw=
 github.com/godbus/dbus v0.0.0-20180201030542-885f9cc04c9c/go.mod h1:/YcGZj5zSblfDWMMoOzV4fas9FZnQYTkDnsGvmh2Grw=
 github.com/godbus/dbus v0.0.0-20190422162347-ade71ed3457e/go.mod h1:bBOAhwG1umN6/6ZUMtDFBMQR8jRg9O75tm9K00oMsK4=