diff --git a/scripts/setup-scenarios-prerequisites.sh b/scripts/setup-scenarios-prerequisites.sh
index 84f2cbf..8e2a8d8 100755
--- a/scripts/setup-scenarios-prerequisites.sh
+++ b/scripts/setup-scenarios-prerequisites.sh
@@ -27,11 +27,12 @@ info()  { printf "${BLUE}ℹ${NC} %s\n" "$1"; }
 # ── Constants ────────────────────────────────────────────────
 FOUNDRY_VERSION="v1.6.0-rc1"
 PYENV_VERSION="v2.5.3"
-CASSANDRA_VERSION="5.0.6"
+CASSANDRA_VERSION="5.0.7"
+CASSANDRA_SHA256="556be693f1941aeb8ec1538fe6224cbefdca7bc3729f87ff0e24a0052eb98c33"
 PYTHON_VERSION="3.11.10"
 PYENV_ROOT="${PYENV_ROOT:-$HOME/.pyenv}"
 PYTHON_BIN="${PYENV_ROOT}/versions/${PYTHON_VERSION}/bin/python3"
-CASSANDRA_URL="https://dlcdn.apache.org/cassandra/${CASSANDRA_VERSION}/apache-cassandra-${CASSANDRA_VERSION}-bin.tar.gz"
+CASSANDRA_URL="https://archive.apache.org/dist/cassandra/${CASSANDRA_VERSION}/apache-cassandra-${CASSANDRA_VERSION}-bin.tar.gz"
 CASSANDRA_DIR="$HOME/.foc-devnet/artifacts/cassandra"
 FOUNDRY_DIR="$HOME/.foc-devnet/artifacts/foundry/bin"
 CASSANDRA_HOME="${CASSANDRA_DIR}/apache-cassandra-${CASSANDRA_VERSION}"
@@ -134,6 +135,7 @@ else
   mkdir -p "$CASSANDRA_DIR"
   TARBALL="${CASSANDRA_DIR}/apache-cassandra-${CASSANDRA_VERSION}-bin.tar.gz"
   curl -fL -o "$TARBALL" "$CASSANDRA_URL"
+  verify_checksum "$TARBALL" "$CASSANDRA_SHA256"
   tar -xzf "$TARBALL" -C "$CASSANDRA_DIR"
   if [[ -x "$CQLSH" ]]; then
     CQLSH_VERSION="$(CQLSH_PYTHON="$CUSTOM_PYTHON" "$CQLSH" --version 2>&1 || true)"