diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/redis/connection/lettuce/LettuceConnectionFactory.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/redis/connection/lettuce/LettuceConnectionFactory.java
index 56edf01bc..0bb386c38 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/redis/connection/lettuce/LettuceConnectionFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/redis/connection/lettuce/LettuceConnectionFactory.java
@@ -979,7 +979,8 @@ public class LettuceConnectionFactory
 		if (isClusterAware()) {
 
 			List<RedisURI> initialUris = new ArrayList<>();
-			for (RedisNode node : ((ClusterConfiguration) configuration).getClusterNodes()) {
+			ClusterConfiguration configuration = (ClusterConfiguration) this.configuration;
+			for (RedisNode node : configuration.getClusterNodes()) {
 				initialUris.add(createRedisURIAndApplySettings(node.getHost(), node.getPort()));
 			}
 
@@ -987,9 +988,7 @@ public class LettuceConnectionFactory
 					.map(clientResources -> RedisClusterClient.create(clientResources, initialUris)) //
 					.orElseGet(() -> RedisClusterClient.create(initialUris));
 
-			clientConfiguration.getClientOptions() //
-					.filter(clientOptions -> clientOptions instanceof ClusterClientOptions) //
-					.ifPresent(clientOptions -> clusterClient.setOptions((ClusterClientOptions) clientOptions));
+			clusterClient.setOptions(getClusterClientOptions(configuration));
 
 			return clusterClient;
 		}
@@ -1006,6 +1005,41 @@ public class LettuceConnectionFactory
 		return redisClient;
 	}
 
+	private ClusterClientOptions getClusterClientOptions(ClusterConfiguration configuration) {
+
+		Optional<ClientOptions> clientOptions = clientConfiguration.getClientOptions();
+		ClusterClientOptions clusterClientOptions = clientOptions //
+				.filter(ClusterClientOptions.class::isInstance) //
+				.map(ClusterClientOptions.class::cast) //
+				.orElseGet(() -> {
+					return clientOptions //
+							.map(LettuceConnectionFactory::toClusterClientOptions) //
+							.orElseGet(ClusterClientOptions::create);
+				});
+
+		if (configuration.getMaxRedirects() != null) {
+			return clusterClientOptions.mutate().maxRedirects(configuration.getMaxRedirects()).build();
+		}
+
+		return clusterClientOptions;
+	}
+
+	// TODO: Replace with Lettuce 5.1.6 ClusterClientOptions.builder(ClientOptions)
+	private static ClusterClientOptions toClusterClientOptions(ClientOptions it) {
+
+		return ClusterClientOptions.builder() //
+				.autoReconnect(it.isAutoReconnect()) //
+				.cancelCommandsOnReconnectFailure(it.isCancelCommandsOnReconnectFailure()) //
+				.disconnectedBehavior(it.getDisconnectedBehavior()) //
+				.pingBeforeActivateConnection(it.isPingBeforeActivateConnection()) //
+				.requestQueueSize(it.getRequestQueueSize()) //
+				.socketOptions(it.getSocketOptions()) //
+				.sslOptions(it.getSslOptions()) //
+				.suspendReconnectOnProtocolFailure(it.isSuspendReconnectOnProtocolFailure())//
+				.timeoutOptions(it.getTimeoutOptions()) //
+				.build();
+	}
+
 	private RedisURI getSentinelRedisURI() {
 
 		RedisURI redisUri = LettuceConverters.sentinelConfigurationToRedisURI(
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/redis/connection/lettuce/LettuceConnectionFactoryUnitTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/redis/connection/lettuce/LettuceConnectionFactoryUnitTests.java
index 811de26b0..b70020766 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/redis/connection/lettuce/LettuceConnectionFactoryUnitTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/redis/connection/lettuce/LettuceConnectionFactoryUnitTests.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import static org.hamcrest.core.IsInstanceOf.*;
 import static org.hamcrest.core.IsNull.*;
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.any;
 import static org.springframework.data.redis.connection.ClusterTestVariables.*;
 import static org.springframework.data.redis.connection.RedisConfiguration.*;
 import static org.springframework.data.redis.connection.lettuce.LettuceTestClientResources.*;
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ import io.lettuce.core.RedisClient;
 import io.lettuce.core.RedisURI;
 import io.lettuce.core.api.StatefulConnection;
 import io.lettuce.core.api.StatefulRedisConnection;
+import io.lettuce.core.cluster.ClusterClientOptions;
 import io.lettuce.core.cluster.RedisClusterClient;
 import io.lettuce.core.cluster.api.StatefulRedisClusterConnection;
 import io.lettuce.core.codec.ByteArrayCodec;
@@ -711,6 +713,49 @@ public class LettuceConnectionFactoryUnitTests {
 		assertThat(redisUri.getDatabase(), is(equalTo(1)));
 	}
 
+	@Test // DATAREDIS-949
+	public void maxRedirectsShouldBeSetOnClientOptions() {
+
+		RedisClusterConfiguration clusterConfiguration = new RedisClusterConfiguration();
+		clusterConfiguration.clusterNode("localhost", 1234).setMaxRedirects(42);
+
+		LettuceConnectionFactory connectionFactory = new LettuceConnectionFactory(clusterConfiguration,
+				LettuceClientConfiguration.defaultConfiguration());
+		connectionFactory.afterPropertiesSet();
+		ConnectionFactoryTracker.add(connectionFactory);
+
+		RedisClusterClient client = (RedisClusterClient) getField(connectionFactory, "client");
+
+		ClusterClientOptions options = (ClusterClientOptions) client.getOptions();
+
+		assertThat(options.getMaxRedirects(), is(42));
+		assertThat(options.isValidateClusterNodeMembership(), is(true));
+		assertThat(options.getTimeoutOptions().isApplyConnectionTimeout(), is(true));
+	}
+
+	@Test // DATAREDIS-949
+	public void maxRedirectsShouldBeSetOnClusterClientOptions() {
+
+		RedisClusterConfiguration clusterConfiguration = new RedisClusterConfiguration();
+		clusterConfiguration.clusterNode("localhost", 1234).setMaxRedirects(42);
+
+		LettuceClientConfiguration clientConfiguration = LettuceClientConfiguration.builder()
+				.clientOptions(ClusterClientOptions.builder().validateClusterNodeMembership(false).build()).build();
+
+		LettuceConnectionFactory connectionFactory = new LettuceConnectionFactory(clusterConfiguration,
+				clientConfiguration);
+		connectionFactory.afterPropertiesSet();
+		ConnectionFactoryTracker.add(connectionFactory);
+
+		RedisClusterClient client = (RedisClusterClient) getField(connectionFactory, "client");
+
+		ClusterClientOptions options = (ClusterClientOptions) client.getOptions();
+
+		assertThat(options.getMaxRedirects(), is(42));
+		assertThat(options.isValidateClusterNodeMembership(), is(false));
+		assertThat(options.getTimeoutOptions().isApplyConnectionTimeout(), is(false));
+	}
+
 	@Data
 	@AllArgsConstructor
 	static class CustomRedisConfiguration implements RedisConfiguration, WithHostAndPort {