diff --git a/java/src/main/java/monasca/persister/repository/cassandra/CassandraCluster.java b/java/src/main/java/monasca/persister/repository/cassandra/CassandraCluster.java
index ac20b098..59527438 100644
--- a/java/src/main/java/monasca/persister/repository/cassandra/CassandraCluster.java
+++ b/java/src/main/java/monasca/persister/repository/cassandra/CassandraCluster.java
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ public class CassandraCluster {
       + "set value = ?, value_meta = ?, region = ?, tenant_id = ?, metric_name = ?, dimensions = ? "
       + "where metric_id = ? and time_stamp = ?";
 
+  // TODO: Remove update statements, TTL issues
   private static final String MEASUREMENT_UPDATE_CQL = "update monasca.measurements USING TTL ? "
       + "set value = ?, value_meta = ? " + "where metric_id = ? and time_stamp = ?";
 
@@ -71,10 +72,6 @@ public class CassandraCluster {
       + "set metric_id = ?, created_at = ?, updated_at = ? "
       + "where region = ? and tenant_id = ? and metric_name = ? and dimensions = ? and dimension_names = ?";
 
-  private static final String METRICS_UPDATE_CQL = "update monasca.metrics USING TTL ? "
-      + "set updated_at = ? "
-      + "where region = ? and tenant_id = ? and metric_name = ? and dimensions = ? and dimension_names = ?";
-
   private static final String DIMENSION_INSERT_CQL = "insert into  monasca.dimensions "
       + "(region, tenant_id, name, value) values (?, ?, ?, ?)";
 
@@ -115,7 +112,6 @@ public class CassandraCluster {
   private PreparedStatement measurementInsertStmt;
   private PreparedStatement measurementUpdateStmt;
   private PreparedStatement metricInsertStmt;
-  private PreparedStatement metricUpdateStmt;
   private PreparedStatement dimensionStmt;
   private PreparedStatement dimensionMetricStmt;
   private PreparedStatement metricDimensionStmt;
@@ -182,9 +178,9 @@ public class CassandraCluster {
     metricsSession = cluster.connect(dbConfig.getKeySpace());
 
     measurementInsertStmt = metricsSession.prepare(MEASUREMENT_INSERT_CQL).setIdempotent(true);
+    // TODO: Remove update statements, TTL issues
     measurementUpdateStmt = metricsSession.prepare(MEASUREMENT_UPDATE_CQL).setIdempotent(true);
     metricInsertStmt = metricsSession.prepare(METRICS_INSERT_CQL).setIdempotent(true);
-    metricUpdateStmt = metricsSession.prepare(METRICS_UPDATE_CQL).setIdempotent(true);
     dimensionStmt = metricsSession.prepare(DIMENSION_INSERT_CQL).setIdempotent(true);
     dimensionMetricStmt = metricsSession.prepare(DIMENSION_METRIC_INSERT_CQL).setIdempotent(true);
     metricDimensionStmt = metricsSession.prepare(METRIC_DIMENSION_INSERT_CQL).setIdempotent(true);
@@ -232,6 +228,7 @@ public class CassandraCluster {
     return measurementInsertStmt;
   }
 
+  // TODO: Remove update statements, TTL issues
   public PreparedStatement getMeasurementUpdateStmt() {
     return measurementUpdateStmt;
   }
@@ -240,10 +237,6 @@ public class CassandraCluster {
     return metricInsertStmt;
   }
 
-  public PreparedStatement getMetricUpdateStmt() {
-    return metricUpdateStmt;
-  }
-
   public PreparedStatement getDimensionStmt() {
     return dimensionStmt;
   }
diff --git a/java/src/main/java/monasca/persister/repository/cassandra/CassandraMetricRepo.java b/java/src/main/java/monasca/persister/repository/cassandra/CassandraMetricRepo.java
index d096e784..bef61618 100644
--- a/java/src/main/java/monasca/persister/repository/cassandra/CassandraMetricRepo.java
+++ b/java/src/main/java/monasca/persister/repository/cassandra/CassandraMetricRepo.java
@@ -155,7 +155,9 @@ public class CassandraMetricRepo extends CassandraRepo implements Repo<MetricEnv
           metric.getValue(), metric.getValueMeta(), region, tenantId, metricName, dimensions, id));
     } else {
       metricCacheHitMeter.mark();
-      batches.addMetricQuery(cluster.getMetricUpdateStmt().bind(retention,
+      // MUST update all relevant columns to ensure TTL consistency in a row
+      batches.addMetricQuery(cluster.getMetricInsertStmt().bind(retention,
+          defIdShaHash.getSha1HashByteBuffer(), new Timestamp(metric.getTimestamp()),
           new Timestamp(metric.getTimestamp()), region, tenantId, metricName,
           getDimensionList(dimensions), new ArrayList<>(dimensions.keySet())));
       batches.addMeasurementQuery(buildMeasurementUpdateQuery(defIdShaHash, metric.getTimestamp(),