diff --git a/cassandra/Dockerfile b/cassandra/Dockerfile
index cd5bc816..c3423b2b 100755
--- a/cassandra/Dockerfile
+++ b/cassandra/Dockerfile
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ FROM java:openjdk-8u72-jdk
 
 MAINTAINER itzg
 
-ENV CASSANDRA_VERSION 2.2.7
+ENV CASSANDRA_VERSION 2.2.8
 
-RUN wget -qO /tmp/apache-cassandra.tgz http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/apache/cassandra/$CASSANDRA_VERSION/apache-cassandra-$CASSANDRA_VERSION-bin.tar.gz
+ADD http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/apache/cassandra/$CASSANDRA_VERSION/apache-cassandra-$CASSANDRA_VERSION-bin.tar.gz /tmp/apache-cassandra.tgz
 RUN tar -C /opt -zxf /tmp/apache-cassandra.tgz && \
   rm /tmp/apache-cassandra.tgz