diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 199d655bc..5d8f2fe38 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 		<build.cassandra.ssl_storage_port>17001</build.cassandra.ssl_storage_port>
 		<build.cassandra.storage_port>17000</build.cassandra.storage_port>
 		<cassandra.version>3.11.5</cassandra.version>
-		<cassandra-driver.version>4.7.0</cassandra-driver.version>
+		<cassandra-driver.version>4.7.1</cassandra-driver.version>
 		<dist.id>spring-data-cassandra</dist.id>
 		<el.version>1.0</el.version>
 		<!-- NOTE: com.carrotsearch:hppc dependency version set to same version as Apache Cassandra 3.11.5 -->
diff --git a/spring-data-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/config/AbstractSessionConfiguration.java b/spring-data-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/config/AbstractSessionConfiguration.java
index a274ff91f..b8504fc0d 100644
--- a/spring-data-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/config/AbstractSessionConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-data-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/config/AbstractSessionConfiguration.java
@@ -302,11 +302,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractSessionConfiguration implements BeanFactoryAware {
 
 				ConfigFactory.invalidateCaches();
 
-				return ConfigFactory.defaultOverrides().withFallback(options.build()) //
-						.withFallback(ConfigFactory.defaultReference()) //
-						.getConfig(DefaultDriverConfigLoader.DEFAULT_ROOT_PATH);
+				return ConfigFactory.defaultOverrides() //
+						.withFallback(options.build()) //
+						.withFallback(ConfigFactory.defaultReference());
 
-			});
+			}, DefaultDriverConfigLoader.DEFAULT_ROOT_PATH);
 
 			sessionBuilder.withConfigLoader(builder.build());
 
@@ -334,8 +334,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractSessionConfiguration implements BeanFactoryAware {
 		private final Map<String, String> options = new LinkedHashMap<>();
 
 		private CassandraDriverOptions add(DriverOption option, String value) {
-			String key = createKeyFor(option);
-			this.options.put(key, value);
+			this.options.put(option.getPath(), value);
 			return this;
 		}
 
@@ -347,8 +346,5 @@ public abstract class AbstractSessionConfiguration implements BeanFactoryAware {
 			return ConfigFactory.parseMap(this.options, "Environment");
 		}
 
-		private static String createKeyFor(DriverOption option) {
-			return String.format("%s.%s", DefaultDriverConfigLoader.DEFAULT_ROOT_PATH, option.getPath());
-		}
 	}
 }