diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/cassandra/CassandraHealthIndicator.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/cassandra/CassandraHealthIndicator.java
index 9b57d2eec9f9..31ed6ce78509 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/cassandra/CassandraHealthIndicator.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/cassandra/CassandraHealthIndicator.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.springframework.boot.actuate.cassandra;
 
+import com.datastax.oss.driver.api.core.ConsistencyLevel;
 import com.datastax.oss.driver.api.core.cql.ResultSet;
 import com.datastax.oss.driver.api.core.cql.SimpleStatement;
 
@@ -34,6 +35,9 @@
  */
 public class CassandraHealthIndicator extends AbstractHealthIndicator {
 
+	private static final SimpleStatement SELECT = SimpleStatement
+			.newInstance("SELECT release_version FROM system.local").setConsistencyLevel(ConsistencyLevel.LOCAL_ONE);
+
 	private CassandraOperations cassandraOperations;
 
 	public CassandraHealthIndicator() {
@@ -52,8 +56,7 @@ public CassandraHealthIndicator(CassandraOperations cassandraOperations) {
 
 	@Override
 	protected void doHealthCheck(Health.Builder builder) throws Exception {
-		SimpleStatement select = SimpleStatement.newInstance("SELECT release_version FROM system.local");
-		ResultSet results = this.cassandraOperations.getCqlOperations().queryForResultSet(select);
+		ResultSet results = this.cassandraOperations.getCqlOperations().queryForResultSet(SELECT);
 		if (results.isFullyFetched()) {
 			builder.up();
 			return;