Cassandra build fails with DatabaseDescriptor.conf is null

Error:  Tests run: 4, Failures: 0, Errors: 1, Skipped: 0, Time elapsed: 3.57 s <<< FAILURE! - in io.debezium.connector.cassandra.QueueProcessorTest 
 
Error:  io.debezium.connector.cassandra.QueueProcessorTest.testProcessEofEvent Time elapsed: 0.019 s <<< ERROR! 
 
java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot read field "cdc_raw_directory" because "org.apache.cassandra.config.DatabaseDescriptor.conf" is null 
 
 at org.apache.cassandra.config.DatabaseDescriptor.getCDCLogLocation(DatabaseDescriptor.java:3033) 
 
 at io.debezium.connector.cassandra.TestUtils.generateCommitLogFile(TestUtils.java:145) 
 
 at io.debezium.connector.cassandra.QueueProcessorTest.testProcessEofEvent(QueueProcessorTest.java:141) 
 
 at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) 
 
 at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:77) 
 
 at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) 
 
 at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:568) 
 
 at org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod$1.runReflectiveCall(FrameworkMethod.java:59) 
 
 at org.junit.internal.runners.model.ReflectiveCallable.run(ReflectiveCallable.java:12) 
 
 at org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod.invokeExplosively(FrameworkMethod.java:56) 
 
 at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.InvokeMethod.evaluate(InvokeMethod.java:17) 
 
 at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.RunBefores.evaluate(RunBefores.java:26) 
 
 at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.RunAfters.evaluate(RunAfters.java:27) 
 
 at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$3.evaluate(ParentRunner.java:306) 
 
 at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner$1.evaluate(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:100) 
 
 at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runLeaf(ParentRunner.java:366) 
 
 at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:103) 
 
 at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:63) 
 
 at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$4.run(ParentRunner.java:331) 
 
 at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$1.schedule(ParentRunner.java:79) 
 
 at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runChildren(ParentRunner.java:329) 
 
 at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.access$100(ParentRunner.java:66) 
 
 at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$2.evaluate(ParentRunner.java:293) 
 
 at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$3.evaluate(ParentRunner.java:306) 
 
 at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.run(ParentRunner.java:413) 
 
 at org.apache.maven.surefire.junit4.JUnit4Provider.execute(JUnit4Provider.java:377) 
 
 at org.apache.maven.surefire.junit4.JUnit4Provider.executeWithRerun(JUnit4Provider.java:284) 
 
 at org.apache.maven.surefire.junit4.JUnit4Provider.executeTestSet(JUnit4Provider.java:248) 
 
 at org.apache.maven.surefire.junit4.JUnit4Provider.invoke(JUnit4Provider.java:167) 
 
 at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ForkedBooter.runSuitesInProcess(ForkedBooter.java:456) 
 
 at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ForkedBooter.execute(ForkedBooter.java:169) 
 
 at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ForkedBooter.run(ForkedBooter.java:595) 
 
 at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ForkedBooter.main(ForkedBooter.java:581)