diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f95e9df9b1..e5d6c0e165 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
         <rat.version>0.10</rat.version> <!-- unused -->
         <cassandra.version>4.17.0</cassandra.version>
         <metrics.version>4.2.25</metrics.version>
-        <cassandra-all.version>3.11.17</cassandra-all.version> <!-- tools -->
+        <cassandra-all.version>5.0.4</cassandra-all.version> <!-- tools -->
         <guava.version>33.1.0-jre</guava.version>
         <caffeine.version>3.1.8</caffeine.version>
         <commons-lang3.version>3.14.0</commons-lang3.version>
@@ -1827,11 +1827,6 @@
                 <artifactId>cassandra-all</artifactId>
                 <version>${cassandra-all.version}</version>
             </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.apache.cassandra</groupId>
-                <artifactId>cassandra-thrift</artifactId>
-                <version>${cassandra-all.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.junit.vintage</groupId>
                 <artifactId>junit-vintage-engine</artifactId>
diff --git a/tools/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/client/tools/migrator/WriterBuilder.java b/tools/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/client/tools/migrator/WriterBuilder.java
index b7f8524031..80fdad3c1c 100644
--- a/tools/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/client/tools/migrator/WriterBuilder.java
+++ b/tools/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/client/tools/migrator/WriterBuilder.java
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public class WriterBuilder {
 
     public static CQLSSTableWriter getTsWriter(File dir) {
         return CQLSSTableWriter.builder()
-                .inDirectory(dir)
+                .inDirectory(dir.getAbsolutePath())
                 .forTable(tsSchema)
                 .using("INSERT INTO thingsboard.ts_kv_cf (entity_type, entity_id, key, partition, ts, bool_v, str_v, long_v, dbl_v, json_v) " +
                         "VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)")
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public class WriterBuilder {
 
     public static CQLSSTableWriter getLatestWriter(File dir) {
         return CQLSSTableWriter.builder()
-                .inDirectory(dir)
+                .inDirectory(dir.getAbsolutePath())
                 .forTable(latestSchema)
                 .using("INSERT INTO thingsboard.ts_kv_latest_cf (entity_type, entity_id, key, ts, bool_v, str_v, long_v, dbl_v, json_v) " +
                         "VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)")
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public class WriterBuilder {
 
     public static CQLSSTableWriter getPartitionWriter(File dir) {
         return CQLSSTableWriter.builder()
-                .inDirectory(dir)
+                .inDirectory(dir.getAbsolutePath())
                 .forTable(partitionSchema)
                 .using("INSERT INTO thingsboard.ts_kv_partitions_cf (entity_type, entity_id, key, partition) " +
                         "VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)")