diff --git a/cassandra-datastax-driver/src/main/scala/com/avast/sst/datastax/CassandraDatastaxDriverModule.scala b/cassandra-datastax-driver/src/main/scala/com/avast/sst/datastax/CassandraDatastaxDriverModule.scala
index f846c4755..140006bc9 100644
--- a/cassandra-datastax-driver/src/main/scala/com/avast/sst/datastax/CassandraDatastaxDriverModule.scala
+++ b/cassandra-datastax-driver/src/main/scala/com/avast/sst/datastax/CassandraDatastaxDriverModule.scala
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ object CassandraDatastaxDriverModule {
         stringProperty(NETTY_ADMIN_SHUTDOWN_UNIT)(cfg.advanced.netty.adminGroup.shutdown.unit),
         durationProperty(NETTY_TIMER_TICK_DURATION)(cfg.advanced.netty.timer.tickDuration),
         intProperty(NETTY_TIMER_TICKS_PER_WHEEL)(cfg.advanced.netty.timer.ticksPerWheel),
-        intProperty(COALESCER_MAX_RUNS)(cfg.advanced.coalescer.maxRunsWithNoWork)
+        durationProperty(COALESCER_INTERVAL)(cfg.advanced.coalescer.rescheduleInterval)
       ).foldRight(DriverConfigLoader.programmaticBuilder()) { (w, b) => w(b) }
 
       val loader = cfg.profiles
diff --git a/cassandra-datastax-driver/src/main/scala/com/avast/sst/datastax/config/advanced.scala b/cassandra-datastax-driver/src/main/scala/com/avast/sst/datastax/config/advanced.scala
index c7e9308d2..8218ab5ff 100644
--- a/cassandra-datastax-driver/src/main/scala/com/avast/sst/datastax/config/advanced.scala
+++ b/cassandra-datastax-driver/src/main/scala/com/avast/sst/datastax/config/advanced.scala
@@ -804,14 +804,10 @@ object TimerConfig {
 /** The component that coalesces writes on the connections.
   * This is exposed mainly to facilitate tuning during development. You shouldn't have to adjust this.
   *
-  * @param maxRunsWithNoWork  How many times the coalescer is allowed to reschedule itself when it did no work.
   * @param rescheduleInterval The reschedule interval.
   */
-final case class CoalescerConfig(
-    maxRunsWithNoWork: Int = CoalescerConfig.Default.maxRunsWithNoWork,
-    rescheduleInterval: Duration = CoalescerConfig.Default.rescheduleInterval
-)
+final case class CoalescerConfig(rescheduleInterval: Duration = CoalescerConfig.Default.rescheduleInterval)
 
 object CoalescerConfig {
-  val Default: CoalescerConfig = CoalescerConfig(5, 10.microseconds)
+  val Default: CoalescerConfig = CoalescerConfig(10.microseconds)
 }
diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index d7a8c27d5..00c963a00 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ object Dependencies {
 
   object Versions {
 
-    val datastaxJavaDriverCore = "4.6.0"
+    val datastaxJavaDriverCore = "4.6.1"
     val doobie = "0.9.0"
     val grpc = "1.29.0"
     val http4s = "0.21.4"