diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-cassandra/tests/test_cassandra_integration.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-cassandra/tests/test_cassandra_integration.py
index 9a36bb9069..7f1e55238c 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-cassandra/tests/test_cassandra_integration.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-cassandra/tests/test_cassandra_integration.py
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ def tearDown(self):
         with self.disable_logging():
             CassandraInstrumentor().uninstrument()
 
+    @property
+    def _mocked_session(self):
+        return cassandra.cluster.Session(cluster=mock.Mock(), hosts=[])
+
     def test_instrument_uninstrument(self):
         instrumentation = CassandraInstrumentor()
         instrumentation.instrument()
@@ -67,7 +71,7 @@ def test_instrumentor(
     ):
         mock_create_response_future.return_value = mock.Mock()
         mock_session_init.return_value = None
-        mock_connect.return_value = cassandra.cluster.Session()
+        mock_connect.return_value = self._mocked_session
 
         CassandraInstrumentor().instrument()
 
@@ -100,7 +104,7 @@ def test_custom_tracer_provider(
     ):
         mock_create_response_future.return_value = mock.Mock()
         mock_session_init.return_value = None
-        mock_connect.return_value = cassandra.cluster.Session()
+        mock_connect.return_value = self._mocked_session
 
         resource = resources.Resource.create({})
         result = self.create_tracer_provider(resource=resource)
@@ -124,7 +128,7 @@ def test_instrument_connection_no_op_tracer_provider(
     ):
         mock_create_response_future.return_value = mock.Mock()
         mock_session_init.return_value = None
-        mock_connect.return_value = cassandra.cluster.Session()
+        mock_connect.return_value = self._mocked_session
 
         tracer_provider = trace_api.NoOpTracerProvider()
         CassandraInstrumentor().instrument(tracer_provider=tracer_provider)
diff --git a/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/CHANGELOG.md
index 25201d51d1..a66805003c 100644
--- a/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## Version 2.1.0 (2024-12-24)
+
 - Make ec2 resource detector silent when loaded outside AWS
   ([#3120](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/3120))
 - Make ecs and beanstalk resource detector silent when loaded outside AWS
diff --git a/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/src/opentelemetry/sdk/extension/aws/version.py b/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/src/opentelemetry/sdk/extension/aws/version.py
index b065755302..9d12794ffb 100644
--- a/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/src/opentelemetry/sdk/extension/aws/version.py
+++ b/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/src/opentelemetry/sdk/extension/aws/version.py
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-__version__ = "2.1.0.dev"
+__version__ = "2.2.0.dev"