diff --git a/common/persistence/nosql/nosqlplugin/cassandra/gocql/client.go b/common/persistence/nosql/nosqlplugin/cassandra/gocql/client.go
index 43dece0fc1c..b5b3fc03f6d 100644
--- a/common/persistence/nosql/nosqlplugin/cassandra/gocql/client.go
+++ b/common/persistence/nosql/nosqlplugin/cassandra/gocql/client.go
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ func NewCassandraCluster(
 	cluster.ProtoVersion = 4
 	cluster.Consistency = cfg.Consistency.GetConsistency()
 	cluster.SerialConsistency = cfg.Consistency.GetSerialConsistency()
+	cluster.DisableInitialHostLookup = true
 
 	cluster.ReconnectionPolicy = &gocql.ExponentialReconnectionPolicy{
 		MaxRetries:      30,