diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 468e9d777..6313f8015 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ See also https://github.com/neo4j/neo4j-python-driver/wiki for a full changelog.
     - `ERROR_REWRITE_MAP`
     - `client_errors`
     - `transient_errors`
-
+- Raise `ConfigurationError` instead of ignoring the routing context (URI query parameters) when creating a direct
+  driver ("bolt[+s[sc]]://" scheme).
 
 ## Version 5.28
 - Since the types of `Relationship`s are tied to the `Graph` object they belong to, fixing `pickle` support for graph types means that `Relationship`s with the same name will have a different type after `deepcopy`ing or pickling and unpickling them or their graph.
diff --git a/src/neo4j/_async/driver.py b/src/neo4j/_async/driver.py
index 2b3ea25c3..386f66207 100644
--- a/src/neo4j/_async/driver.py
+++ b/src/neo4j/_async/driver.py
@@ -277,18 +277,11 @@ def driver(
             assert driver_type in {DRIVER_BOLT, DRIVER_NEO4J}
             if driver_type == DRIVER_BOLT:
                 if parse_routing_context(parsed.query):
-                    deprecation_warn(
-                        'Creating a direct driver ("bolt://" scheme) with '
-                        "routing context (URI parameters) is deprecated. They "
-                        "will be ignored. This will raise an error in a "
-                        f'future release. Given URI "{uri}"',
-                        stack_level=2,
+                    raise ConfigurationError(
+                        "Routing context (URI query parameters) are not "
+                        "supported by direct drivers "
+                        f'("bolt[+s[sc]]://" scheme). Given URI: {uri!r}.'
                     )
-                    # TODO: 6.0 - raise instead of warning
-                    # raise ValueError(
-                    #     'Routing parameters are not supported with scheme '
-                    #     '"bolt". Given URI "{}".'.format(uri)
-                    # )
                 return cls.bolt_driver(parsed.netloc, **config)
             # else driver_type == DRIVER_NEO4J
             routing_context = parse_routing_context(parsed.query)
diff --git a/src/neo4j/_sync/driver.py b/src/neo4j/_sync/driver.py
index 2ed3584e6..f42531d01 100644
--- a/src/neo4j/_sync/driver.py
+++ b/src/neo4j/_sync/driver.py
@@ -276,18 +276,11 @@ def driver(
             assert driver_type in {DRIVER_BOLT, DRIVER_NEO4J}
             if driver_type == DRIVER_BOLT:
                 if parse_routing_context(parsed.query):
-                    deprecation_warn(
-                        'Creating a direct driver ("bolt://" scheme) with '
-                        "routing context (URI parameters) is deprecated. They "
-                        "will be ignored. This will raise an error in a "
-                        f'future release. Given URI "{uri}"',
-                        stack_level=2,
+                    raise ConfigurationError(
+                        "Routing context (URI query parameters) are not "
+                        "supported by direct drivers "
+                        f'("bolt[+s[sc]]://" scheme). Given URI: {uri!r}.'
                     )
-                    # TODO: 6.0 - raise instead of warning
-                    # raise ValueError(
-                    #     'Routing parameters are not supported with scheme '
-                    #     '"bolt". Given URI "{}".'.format(uri)
-                    # )
                 return cls.bolt_driver(parsed.netloc, **config)
             # else driver_type == DRIVER_NEO4J
             routing_context = parse_routing_context(parsed.query)
diff --git a/tests/unit/async_/test_driver.py b/tests/unit/async_/test_driver.py
index 4e49bf818..55d5ad3a6 100644
--- a/tests/unit/async_/test_driver.py
+++ b/tests/unit/async_/test_driver.py
@@ -98,12 +98,12 @@ async def test_direct_driver_constructor(
 ):
     uri = protocol + host + port + params
     if params:
-        with pytest.warns(DeprecationWarning, match="routing context"):
-            driver = AsyncGraphDatabase.driver(uri, auth=auth_token)
+        with pytest.raises(ConfigurationError, match="Routing context"):
+            AsyncGraphDatabase.driver(uri, auth=auth_token)
     else:
         driver = AsyncGraphDatabase.driver(uri, auth=auth_token)
-    assert isinstance(driver, AsyncBoltDriver)
-    await driver.close()
+        await driver.close()
+        assert isinstance(driver, AsyncBoltDriver)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
diff --git a/tests/unit/sync/test_driver.py b/tests/unit/sync/test_driver.py
index 5ba0acd3f..768dfeee2 100644
--- a/tests/unit/sync/test_driver.py
+++ b/tests/unit/sync/test_driver.py
@@ -97,12 +97,12 @@ def test_direct_driver_constructor(
 ):
     uri = protocol + host + port + params
     if params:
-        with pytest.warns(DeprecationWarning, match="routing context"):
-            driver = GraphDatabase.driver(uri, auth=auth_token)
+        with pytest.raises(ConfigurationError, match="Routing context"):
+            GraphDatabase.driver(uri, auth=auth_token)
     else:
         driver = GraphDatabase.driver(uri, auth=auth_token)
-    assert isinstance(driver, BoltDriver)
-    driver.close()
+        driver.close()
+        assert isinstance(driver, BoltDriver)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(