diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/cassandra/CassandraDataAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/cassandra/CassandraDataAutoConfiguration.java
index bd70e7d00f1..890b4895414 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/cassandra/CassandraDataAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/cassandra/CassandraDataAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2022 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnMissingBean
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.domain.EntityScanPackages;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.bind.Binder;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Lazy;
 import org.springframework.core.env.Environment;
 import org.springframework.data.cassandra.CassandraManagedTypes;
 import org.springframework.data.cassandra.SessionFactory;
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ import org.springframework.data.cassandra.core.mapping.SimpleUserTypeResolver;
  * @author Eddú Meléndez
  * @author Mark Paluch
  * @author Madhura Bhave
+ * @author Christoph Strobl
  * @since 1.3.0
  */
 @AutoConfiguration(after = CassandraAutoConfiguration.class)
@@ -63,7 +65,7 @@ public class CassandraDataAutoConfiguration {
 
 	private final CqlSession session;
 
-	public CassandraDataAutoConfiguration(CqlSession session) {
+	public CassandraDataAutoConfiguration(@Lazy CqlSession session) {
 		this.session = session;
 	}
 
@@ -95,7 +97,7 @@ public class CassandraDataAutoConfiguration {
 	public CassandraConverter cassandraConverter(CassandraMappingContext mapping,
 			CassandraCustomConversions conversions) {
 		MappingCassandraConverter converter = new MappingCassandraConverter(mapping);
-		converter.setCodecRegistry(this.session.getContext().getCodecRegistry());
+		converter.setCodecRegistry(() -> this.session.getContext().getCodecRegistry());
 		converter.setCustomConversions(conversions);
 		converter.setUserTypeResolver(new SimpleUserTypeResolver(this.session));
 		return converter;