diff --git a/sdc-os-chef/sdc-cassandra/Dockerfile b/sdc-os-chef/sdc-cassandra/Dockerfile
index dade1d3..15151bf 100644
--- a/sdc-os-chef/sdc-cassandra/Dockerfile
+++ b/sdc-os-chef/sdc-cassandra/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM onap/base_sdc-cassandra:1.4.1
+FROM onap/base_sdc-cassandra:1.5.0-SNAPSHOT-latest
 
 COPY chef-solo /root/chef-solo/
 
diff --git a/sdc-os-chef/sdc-cassandra/chef-repo/cookbooks/cassandra-actions/templates/default/cassandra.yaml.erb b/sdc-os-chef/sdc-cassandra/chef-repo/cookbooks/cassandra-actions/templates/default/cassandra.yaml.erb
index 8e3d122..3884841 100644
--- a/sdc-os-chef/sdc-cassandra/chef-repo/cookbooks/cassandra-actions/templates/default/cassandra.yaml.erb
+++ b/sdc-os-chef/sdc-cassandra/chef-repo/cookbooks/cassandra-actions/templates/default/cassandra.yaml.erb
@@ -449,9 +449,6 @@
 # rpc_interface: eth1
 # rpc_interface_prefer_ipv6: false
 
-# port for Thrift to listen for clients on
-rpc_port: 9160
-
 # RPC address to broadcast to drivers and other Cassandra nodes. This cannot
 # be set to 0.0.0.0. If left blank, this will be set to the value of
 # rpc_address. If rpc_address is set to 0.0.0.0, broadcast_rpc_address must