diff --git a/metric-collector-for-apache-cassandra.yaml b/metric-collector-for-apache-cassandra.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4ce102adda4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metric-collector-for-apache-cassandra.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package:
+  name: metric-collector-for-apache-cassandra
+  version: 0.3.5
+  epoch: 0
+  description: Drop-in metrics collection and dashboards for Apache Cassandra
+  copyright:
+    - license: Apache-2.0
+
+environment:
+  contents:
+    packages:
+      - bash
+      - busybox
+      - ca-certificates-bundle
+      - maven
+      - openjdk-11
+      - openjdk-11-default-jvm
+
+pipeline:
+  - uses: git-checkout
+    with:
+      repository: https://github.com/datastax/metric-collector-for-apache-cassandra
+      expected-commit: f97a258ea95d055c71f762c3725061f43678ae1f
+      tag: v${{package.version}}
+
+  - uses: patch
+    with:
+      patches: upgrade-deps.patch
+
+  - runs: |
+      mkdir -p "${{targets.destdir}}"/opt/metrics-collector
+      mkdir -p "${{targets.destdir}}"/opt/metrics-collector/lib
+      mkdir -p "${{targets.destdir}}"/opt/metrics-collector/config
+      export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk
+      mvn -q -ff package -DskipTests
+      cp ./target/datastax-mcac-agent-*.jar "${{targets.destdir}}"/opt/metrics-collector
+      cp -r ./target/collectd "${{targets.destdir}}"/opt/metrics-collector/lib
+      cp ./config/collectd.conf.tmpl "${{targets.destdir}}"/opt/metrics-collector/config
+      cp ./config/metric-collector.yaml "${{targets.destdir}}"/opt/metrics-collector/config
+      cp -r ./scripts "${{targets.destdir}}"/opt/metrics-collector
+
+update:
+  enabled: true
+  github:
+    identifier: datastax/metric-collector-for-apache-cassandra
+    strip-prefix: v
diff --git a/metric-collector-for-apache-cassandra/upgrade-deps.patch b/metric-collector-for-apache-cassandra/upgrade-deps.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dfa27f6e651
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metric-collector-for-apache-cassandra/upgrade-deps.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+From a4c6a6527daa536a2cf52849ea3ce7113c61592e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Batuhan Apaydin <batuhan.apaydin@chainguard.dev>
+Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2024 00:50:37 +0300
+Subject: [PATCH] upgrade deps
+
+Signed-off-by: Batuhan Apaydin <batuhan.apaydin@chainguard.dev>
+---
+ pom.xml | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
+index 25f2d82..b4f6988 100755
+--- a/pom.xml
++++ b/pom.xml
+@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
+         <dependency>
+             <groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
+             <artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
+-            <version>1.26</version>
++            <version>1.33</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+             <groupId>com.github.docker-java</groupId>
+-- 
+2.39.3 (Apple Git-145)
+