diff --git a/sdk/python/feast/infra/online_stores/contrib/cassandra_online_store/cassandra_online_store.py b/sdk/python/feast/infra/online_stores/contrib/cassandra_online_store/cassandra_online_store.py
index 077174e3ee..0128817e97 100644
--- a/sdk/python/feast/infra/online_stores/contrib/cassandra_online_store/cassandra_online_store.py
+++ b/sdk/python/feast/infra/online_stores/contrib/cassandra_online_store/cassandra_online_store.py
@@ -221,10 +221,12 @@ def _get_session(self, config: RepoConfig):
             raise CassandraInvalidConfig(E_CASSANDRA_UNEXPECTED_CONFIGURATION_CLASS)
 
         if self._session:
-            print("Reusing existing session..")
-            return self._session
-        else:
-            print("Creating a new session..")
+            if not self._session.is_shutdown:
+                print("Reusing existing session..")
+                return self._session
+            else:
+                self._session = None
+                print("Creating a new session..")
         if not self._session:
             # configuration consistency checks
             hosts = online_store_config.hosts
@@ -348,7 +350,9 @@ def online_write_batch(
         session: Session = self._get_session(config)
         keyspace: str = self._keyspace
         fqtable = CassandraOnlineStore._fq_table_name(keyspace, project, table)
-        insert_cql = self._get_cql_statement(config, "insert4", fqtable=fqtable)
+        insert_cql = self._get_cql_statement(
+            config, "insert4", fqtable=fqtable, session=session
+        )
 
         futures = []
         for entity_key, values, timestamp, created_ts in data:
@@ -390,6 +394,7 @@ def online_write_batch(
                 logger.error(f"Error writing a batch: {exc}")
                 print(f"Error writing a batch: {exc}")
                 raise Exception("Error writing a batch") from exc
+        session.shutdown()
         # correction for the last missing call to `progress`:
         if progress:
             progress(1)
@@ -582,7 +587,12 @@ def _get_cql_statement(
         This additional layer makes it easy to control whether to use prepared
         statements and, if so, on which database operations.
         """
-        session: Session = self._get_session(config)
+        session: Session = None
+        if "session" in kwargs:
+            session = kwargs["session"]
+        else:
+            session = self._get_session(config)
+
         template, prepare = CQL_TEMPLATE_MAP[op_name]
         statement = template.format(
             fqtable=fqtable,