diff --git a/cassandra-tests/pom.xml b/cassandra-tests/pom.xml
index 3c45502..330109b 100644
--- a/cassandra-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/cassandra-tests/pom.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@
       <artifactId>brave-tests</artifactId>
       <version>${brave.version}</version>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.zipkin.zipkin2</groupId>
+      <artifactId>zipkin</artifactId>
+      <version>3.0.2</version>
+    </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
diff --git a/cassandra-tests/src/main/java/cassandra/CassandraContainer.java b/cassandra-tests/src/main/java/cassandra/CassandraContainer.java
index 03b48a0..b2cc68d 100644
--- a/cassandra-tests/src/main/java/cassandra/CassandraContainer.java
+++ b/cassandra-tests/src/main/java/cassandra/CassandraContainer.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.time.Duration;
-import org.junit.AssumptionViolatedException;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.testcontainers.containers.GenericContainer;
 import org.testcontainers.containers.output.Slf4jLogConsumer;
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@
 
 public class CassandraContainer extends GenericContainer<CassandraContainer> {
   public CassandraContainer() {
-    super(parse("ghcr.io/openzipkin/zipkin-cassandra:2.27.0"));
+    super(parse("ghcr.io/openzipkin/zipkin-cassandra:3.0.2"));
     waitStrategy = Wait.forHealthcheck();
     addExposedPort(9042);
     withStartupTimeout(Duration.ofMinutes(2));
diff --git a/cassandra/pom.xml b/cassandra/pom.xml
index 9b5b62c..f612b78 100644
--- a/cassandra/pom.xml
+++ b/cassandra/pom.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@
 
   <dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.zipkin.reporter2</groupId>
+        <artifactId>zipkin-reporter-bom</artifactId>
+        <version>${zipkin-reporter.version}</version>
+        <type>pom</type>
+        <scope>import</scope>
+      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.zipkin.brave</groupId>
         <artifactId>brave-bom</artifactId>
diff --git a/cassandra/src/main/java/brave/cassandra/Tracing.java b/cassandra/src/main/java/brave/cassandra/Tracing.java
index 7fefc30..67c8109 100644
--- a/cassandra/src/main/java/brave/cassandra/Tracing.java
+++ b/cassandra/src/main/java/brave/cassandra/Tracing.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import brave.propagation.TraceContextOrSamplingFlags;
 import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Map;
 import org.apache.cassandra.locator.InetAddressAndPort;
 import org.apache.cassandra.net.Message;
@@ -28,8 +29,6 @@
 import org.apache.cassandra.tracing.TraceStateImpl;
 import org.apache.cassandra.utils.FBUtilities;
 import org.apache.cassandra.utils.TimeUUID;
-import zipkin2.reporter.Call;
-import zipkin2.reporter.CheckResult;
 import zipkin2.reporter.brave.AsyncZipkinSpanHandler;
 import zipkin2.reporter.urlconnection.URLConnectionSender;
 
@@ -69,9 +68,13 @@ public Tracing() {
     logger.info("using TracingComponent.Explicit(" + endpoint + ")");
     URLConnectionSender sender = URLConnectionSender.create(endpoint);
     try {
-      CheckResult check = sender.check();
-      if (!check.ok()) maybeFailFast(check.error());
+      sender.send(Collections.emptyList());
+    } catch (Throwable t) {
+      propagateIfFatal(t);
+      maybeFailFast(t);
+    }
 
+    try {
       AsyncZipkinSpanHandler zipkinSpanHandler = AsyncZipkinSpanHandler.create(sender);
       // Make sure spans are reported on shutdown
       Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook(new Thread(zipkinSpanHandler::close));
@@ -84,12 +87,23 @@ public Tracing() {
           .build();
       component = new TracingComponent.Explicit(tracing);
     } catch (RuntimeException | Error t) {
-      Call.propagateIfFatal(t);
+      propagateIfFatal(t);
       maybeFailFast(t);
       throw t;
     }
   }
 
+  // Taken from RxJava throwIfFatal, which was taken from scala
+  static void propagateIfFatal(Throwable t) {
+    if (t instanceof VirtualMachineError) {
+      throw (VirtualMachineError) t;
+    } else if (t instanceof ThreadDeath) {
+      throw (ThreadDeath) t;
+    } else if (t instanceof LinkageError) {
+      throw (LinkageError) t;
+    }
+  }
+
   static void maybeFailFast(Throwable error) {
     if (Boolean.parseBoolean(System.getProperty("zipkin.fail_fast", "false"))) {
       logger.error("Error initializing tracer: ", error);
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e249d34..8d01a41 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@
     <maven.compiler.testRelease>11</maven.compiler.testRelease>
 
     <cassandra-driver-core.version>3.11.2</cassandra-driver-core.version>
-    <brave.version>5.18.0</brave.version>
+    <brave.version>6.0.0</brave.version>
+    <zipkin-reporter.version>3.2.0</zipkin-reporter.version>
 
     <!-- override to set exclusions per-project -->
     <errorprone.args />