diff --git a/examples/cassandra/README.md b/examples/cassandra/README.md
index 250c1e34e1e..f38aa61b6d1 100644
--- a/examples/cassandra/README.md
+++ b/examples/cassandra/README.md
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ spec:
               valueFrom:
                 fieldRef:
                   fieldPath: metadata.namespace
-          image: gcr.io/google_containers/cassandra:v6
+          image: gcr.io/google_containers/cassandra:v7
           name: cassandra
           ports:
             - containerPort: 9042
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ spec:
               valueFrom:
                 fieldRef:
                   fieldPath: metadata.namespace
-          image: gcr.io/google_containers/cassandra:v6
+          image: gcr.io/google_containers/cassandra:v7
           name: cassandra
           ports:
             - containerPort: 9042
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ spec:
               valueFrom:
                 fieldRef:
                   fieldPath: metadata.namespace
-          image: "gcr.io/google_containers/cassandra:v6"
+          image: "gcr.io/google_containers/cassandra:v7"
           name: cassandra
           ports:
             - containerPort: 9042
diff --git a/examples/cassandra/cassandra-controller.yaml b/examples/cassandra/cassandra-controller.yaml
index 63ea8dbd40a..5fe6eefd5c1 100644
--- a/examples/cassandra/cassandra-controller.yaml
+++ b/examples/cassandra/cassandra-controller.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ spec:
               valueFrom:
                 fieldRef:
                   fieldPath: metadata.namespace
-          image: gcr.io/google_containers/cassandra:v6
+          image: gcr.io/google_containers/cassandra:v7
           name: cassandra
           ports:
             - containerPort: 9042
diff --git a/examples/cassandra/cassandra-daemonset.yaml b/examples/cassandra/cassandra-daemonset.yaml
index 8b6f76b3f28..259cd36e0cf 100644
--- a/examples/cassandra/cassandra-daemonset.yaml
+++ b/examples/cassandra/cassandra-daemonset.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ spec:
               valueFrom:
                 fieldRef:
                   fieldPath: metadata.namespace
-          image: "gcr.io/google_containers/cassandra:v6"
+          image: "gcr.io/google_containers/cassandra:v7"
           name: cassandra
           ports:
             - containerPort: 9042
diff --git a/examples/cassandra/cassandra.yaml b/examples/cassandra/cassandra.yaml
index be6c32a3f64..ff286a45821 100644
--- a/examples/cassandra/cassandra.yaml
+++ b/examples/cassandra/cassandra.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ spec:
     resources:
       limits:
         cpu: "0.1"
-    image: gcr.io/google_containers/cassandra:v6
+    image: gcr.io/google_containers/cassandra:v7
     name: cassandra
     ports:
     - name: cql
diff --git a/examples/cassandra/image/Makefile b/examples/cassandra/image/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e1c406beca9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/cassandra/image/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# build the cassandra image.
+
+VERSION=v7
+
+all: build
+
+# TODO: build the jar and copy it in
+build:
+        docker build -t gcr.io/google_containers/cassandra:${VERSION} .
+
+push: build
+        gcloud docker push gcr.io/google_containers/cassandra:${VERSION}
+
+.PHONY: all
diff --git a/examples/cassandra/image/kubernetes-cassandra.jar b/examples/cassandra/image/kubernetes-cassandra.jar
index 77e65b04a06..e9220f4009a 100644
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