diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ac7948c..b14ec0d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [v2.9.2-SNAPSHOT] - 2023-11-05
+
+- Replace Astyanx Java client for Cassandra 2 with Datastax client for Cassandra 4
+
 ## [v2.9.1] - 2023-09-28
 
 - Fix for Bug #25760 not closing connection to distributed cached
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 750d31d..efa6a72 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+		 xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+		 xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<parent>
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 	<groupId>org.gcube.portal</groupId>
 	<artifactId>social-networking-library-ws</artifactId>
 	<packaging>war</packaging>
-	<version>2.9.1</version>
+	<version>2.9.2</version>
 	<name>social-networking-library-ws</name>
 	<description>Rest interface for the social networking library.</description>
 	<properties>
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@
 			<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
 			<artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
 			<version>3.1.0</version>
-			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<!-- end enunciate deps -->
 		<dependency>
@@ -93,13 +92,12 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.gcube.common</groupId>
 			<artifactId>storagehub-client-library</artifactId>
-<!-- 			<version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version> -->
+			<!-- 			<version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version> -->
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.sun.mail</groupId>
 			<artifactId>javax.mail</artifactId>
 			<version>1.5.2</version>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
@@ -116,78 +114,20 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
 			<artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
 			<version>18.0</version>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>com.netflix.astyanax</groupId>
-			<artifactId>astyanax</artifactId>
-			<version>2.0.2</version>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-			<exclusions>
-				<exclusion>
-					<artifactId>jersey-client</artifactId>
-					<groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
-				</exclusion>
-				<exclusion>
-					<artifactId>jersey-bundle</artifactId>
-					<groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
-				</exclusion>
-				<exclusion>
-					<artifactId>jersey-apache-client4</artifactId>
-					<groupId>com.sun.jersey.contribs</groupId>
-				</exclusion>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>javax.ws.rs</groupId>
-					<artifactId>jsr311-api</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
-					<artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-			</exclusions>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>com.netflix.astyanax</groupId>
-			<artifactId>astyanax-thrift</artifactId>
-			<version>2.0.2</version>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>com.netflix.astyanax</groupId>
-			<artifactId>astyanax-cassandra</artifactId>
-			<version>2.0.2</version>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>com.netflix.astyanax</groupId>
-			<artifactId>astyanax-core</artifactId>
-			<version>2.0.2</version>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-			<exclusions>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-					<artifactId>log4j-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-			</exclusions>
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.gcube.socialnetworking</groupId>
 			<artifactId>social-util-library</artifactId>
 			<version>[1.0.1-SNAPSHOT,2.0.0-SNAPSHOT)</version>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.gcube.portal</groupId>
-			<artifactId>social-networking-library</artifactId>
-			<version>[1.18.0-SNAPSHOT, 2.0.0-SNAPSHOT)</version>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.gcube.dvos</groupId>
 			<artifactId>usermanagement-core</artifactId>
@@ -245,8 +185,13 @@
 			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
 			<version>2.8.6</version>
 		</dependency>
-
-		<!-- Please note that the elasticsearch client needs a compress-lzf version 
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.gcube.portal</groupId>
+			<artifactId>social-networking-library</artifactId>
+			<version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<!-- Please note that the elasticsearch client needs a compress-lzf version
 			>= 1.0.2 -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.ning</groupId>
@@ -257,8 +202,15 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.containers</groupId>
 			<!-- if your container implements Servlet API older than 3.0, use "jersey-container-servlet-core" -->
+			<!--<artifactId>jersey-container-servlet</artifactId>-->
 			<artifactId>jersey-container-servlet-core</artifactId>
+			<!--<version>3.0.0</version>-->
 		</dependency>
+		<!--<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.containers</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jersey-container-servlet</artifactId>
+			<version>2.13</version>
+		</dependency>-->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.media</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jersey-media-json-processing</artifactId>
@@ -279,7 +231,6 @@
 			<groupId>javax.portlet</groupId>
 			<artifactId>portlet-api</artifactId>
 			<version>2.0</version>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<!-- SmartGears -->
 		<dependency>
@@ -292,7 +243,6 @@
 			<artifactId>common-smartgears-app</artifactId>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
-
 		<!-- notifications libraries -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.gcube.portal</groupId>
@@ -312,7 +262,16 @@
 			<version>4.3</version>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
-
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jetty-util</artifactId>
+			<version>6.1.22</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.googlecode.json-simple</groupId>
+			<artifactId>json-simple</artifactId>
+			<version>1.1.1</version>
+		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 
 	<build>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/social/networking/caches/GroupsCache.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/social/networking/caches/GroupsCache.java
index 407ca02..452e1f8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/social/networking/caches/GroupsCache.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/social/networking/caches/GroupsCache.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public class GroupsCache {
 
 	/**
 	 * Retrieve an entry
-	 * @param id
+	 * @param groupId
 	 * @return user associated to the user
 	 */
 	public GCubeGroup getGroup(long groupId){
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public class GroupsCache {
 	/**
 	 * Save an entry into the cache
 	 * @param id
-	 * @param user
+	 * @param group
 	 */
 	public void pushEntry(long id, GCubeGroup group){
 		Ehcache groupsCache = CachesManager.getCache(CachesManager.GROUPS_CACHE);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/social/networking/caches/UsersCache.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/social/networking/caches/UsersCache.java
index c399965..5f80ad9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/social/networking/caches/UsersCache.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/social/networking/caches/UsersCache.java
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public class UsersCache{
 
 	/**
 	 * Retrieve an entry
-	 * @param id 
+	 * @param userId
 	 * @return user associated to the user
 	 */
 	public GCubeUser getUser(long userId){
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/social/networking/ws/inputs/CommentInputBean.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/social/networking/ws/inputs/CommentInputBean.java
index 5ff7a85..a73865c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/social/networking/ws/inputs/CommentInputBean.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/social/networking/ws/inputs/CommentInputBean.java
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ public class CommentInputBean implements Serializable{
 	/**
 	 * @param text
 	 * @param postid
-	 * @param params
-	 */
+     */
 	public CommentInputBean(String text, String postid) {
 		super();
 		this.text = text;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/social/networking/ws/methods/v2/Likes.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/social/networking/ws/methods/v2/Likes.java
index 0490a3f..20a0610 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/social/networking/ws/methods/v2/Likes.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/social/networking/ws/methods/v2/Likes.java
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public class Likes {
 
 	/**
 	 * Create a new like to a post in the context of the token
-	 * @param postid The post id to be liked
+	 * @param post The post id to be liked
 	  * @return true if everything is OK
 	 * @throws ValidationException
 	 */
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ public class Likes {
 	
 	/**
 	 * Unlike to a post in the context of the token
-	 * @param postid The post id to be liked
+	 * @param likeInputBean The post id to be liked
 	 * @return true if everything is OK
 	 * @throws ValidationException
 	 */
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/social/networking/ws/outputs/ResponseBean.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/social/networking/ws/outputs/ResponseBean.java
index ff52f26..574a61a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/social/networking/ws/outputs/ResponseBean.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/social/networking/ws/outputs/ResponseBean.java
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ public class ResponseBean implements Serializable {
 	 * @param success
 	 * @param message
 	 * @param result
-	 * @param help
-	 */
+     */
 	public ResponseBean(boolean success, String message, Object result) {
 		super();
 		this.success = success;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/social/networking/ws/utils/Filters.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/social/networking/ws/utils/Filters.java
index e06b272..c5e3af9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/social/networking/ws/utils/Filters.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/social/networking/ws/utils/Filters.java
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public class Filters {
 	 * If the initial context is the root: all feeds are returned;
 	 * If the initial context is a VO: feeds for vres within the vo are returned;
 	 * If the initial context is a vre: feeds of the vre are returned;
-	 * @param retrievedLikedFeeds
+	 * @param feeds
 	 * @param context
 	 * @throws Exception 
 	 */
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ public class Filters {
 
 	/**
 	 * Depending on the type of object provided (e.g. Feed, Comment etc), some information are removed
-	 * @param comments
+	 * @param toClear
 	 * @throws Exception
 	 */
 	public static <T> void hideSensitiveInformation(List<T> toClear, String usernameCaller){
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/social/networking/ws/utils/SocialUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/social/networking/ws/utils/SocialUtils.java
index 60996f0..98256ac 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/social/networking/ws/utils/SocialUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/social/networking/ws/utils/SocialUtils.java
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ public class SocialUtils {
 
 	/**
 	 * Method used when an application needs to publish something.
-	 * @param feedText
+	 * @param postText
 	 * @param uriParams
 	 * @param previewTitle
 	 * @param previewDescription