diff --git a/integration-tests/setup/testcluster.go b/integration-tests/setup/testcluster.go
index 5261321..55ee74f 100644
--- a/integration-tests/setup/testcluster.go
+++ b/integration-tests/setup/testcluster.go
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ func NewTestConfig(originHost string, targetHost string) *config.Config {
 	conf.ReadMode = config.ReadModePrimaryOnly
 	conf.SystemQueriesMode = config.SystemQueriesModeOrigin
 	conf.AsyncHandshakeTimeoutMs = 4000
-	conf.ControlConnMaxProtocolVersion = "3"
+	conf.ControlConnMaxProtocolVersion = "DseV2"
 
 	conf.ProxyRequestTimeoutMs = 10000
 
diff --git a/integration-tests/streamids_test.go b/integration-tests/streamids_test.go
index 9e47e88..97eb943 100644
--- a/integration-tests/streamids_test.go
+++ b/integration-tests/streamids_test.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 // if we notice greater stream ID value than expected. We cannot easily test
 // exceeding 127 stream IDs allowed in protocol V2, because clients will
 // fail serializing the frame
-func TestMaxStreamIds(t *testing.T) {
+func TestLimitStreamIdsGeneration(t *testing.T) {
 	originAddress := "127.0.1.1"
 	targetAddress := "127.0.1.2"
 	originProtoVer := primitive.ProtocolVersion2
diff --git a/proxy/pkg/config/config.go b/proxy/pkg/config/config.go
index 72e35ce..cc62842 100644
--- a/proxy/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/proxy/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	ReplaceCqlFunctions           bool   `default:"false" split_words:"true" yaml:"replace_cql_functions"`
 	AsyncHandshakeTimeoutMs       int    `default:"4000" split_words:"true" yaml:"async_handshake_timeout_ms"`
 	LogLevel                      string `default:"INFO" split_words:"true" yaml:"log_level"`
-	ControlConnMaxProtocolVersion string `default:"3" split_words:"true" yaml:"control_conn_max_protocol_version"` // Numeric Cassandra OSS protocol version or DseV1 / DseV2
+	ControlConnMaxProtocolVersion string `default:"DseV2" split_words:"true" yaml:"control_conn_max_protocol_version"` // Numeric Cassandra OSS protocol version or DseV1 / DseV2
 
 	// Proxy Topology (also known as system.peers "virtualization") bucket