diff --git a/instrumentation/cassandra/cassandra-4-common/testing/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/cassandra/v4/common/AbstractCassandraTest.java b/instrumentation/cassandra/cassandra-4-common/testing/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/cassandra/v4/common/AbstractCassandraTest.java
index 9b3b06a577..0872af50bd 100644
--- a/instrumentation/cassandra/cassandra-4-common/testing/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/cassandra/v4/common/AbstractCassandraTest.java
+++ b/instrumentation/cassandra/cassandra-4-common/testing/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/cassandra/v4/common/AbstractCassandraTest.java
@@ -300,6 +300,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractCassandraTest {
     DriverConfigLoader configLoader =
         DefaultDriverConfigLoader.builder()
             .withDuration(DefaultDriverOption.REQUEST_TIMEOUT, Duration.ofSeconds(0))
+            .withDuration(DefaultDriverOption.CONNECTION_INIT_QUERY_TIMEOUT, Duration.ofSeconds(10))
             .build();
     return wrap(
         CqlSession.builder()