diff --git a/changelog/12443.txt b/changelog/12443.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..601414053
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/12443.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:bug
+secrets/database/cassandra: change connect_timeout to 5s as documentation says
+```
diff --git a/plugins/database/cassandra/connection_producer.go b/plugins/database/cassandra/connection_producer.go
index db8ea4f64..72f7bb878 100644
--- a/plugins/database/cassandra/connection_producer.go
+++ b/plugins/database/cassandra/connection_producer.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func (c *cassandraConnectionProducer) Initialize(ctx context.Context, req dbplug
 	}
 
 	if c.ConnectTimeoutRaw == nil {
-		c.ConnectTimeoutRaw = "0s"
+		c.ConnectTimeoutRaw = "5s"
 	}
 	c.connectTimeout, err = parseutil.ParseDurationSecond(c.ConnectTimeoutRaw)
 	if err != nil {