diff --git a/connector/src/main/scala/com/datastax/spark/connector/writer/AsyncExecutor.scala b/connector/src/main/scala/com/datastax/spark/connector/writer/AsyncExecutor.scala
index eef2cd128..a52da60da 100644
--- a/connector/src/main/scala/com/datastax/spark/connector/writer/AsyncExecutor.scala
+++ b/connector/src/main/scala/com/datastax/spark/connector/writer/AsyncExecutor.scala
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 package com.datastax.spark.connector.writer
 
-import java.util.concurrent.{CompletionStage, Semaphore}
+import java.util.concurrent.{CompletableFuture, CompletionStage, Semaphore}
 import java.util.function.BiConsumer
-
 import com.datastax.spark.connector.util.Logging
 
 import scala.jdk.CollectionConverters._
@@ -41,9 +40,14 @@ class AsyncExecutor[T, R](asyncAction: T => CompletionStage[R], maxConcurrentTas
     val executionTimestamp = System.nanoTime()
 
     def tryFuture(): Future[R] = {
-      val value = asyncAction(task)
-
-      value.whenComplete(new BiConsumer[R, Throwable] {
+      val value = Try(asyncAction(task)) recover {
+        case e =>
+          val future = new CompletableFuture[R]()
+          future.completeExceptionally(e)
+          future
+      }
+
+      value.get.whenComplete(new BiConsumer[R, Throwable] {
         private def release() {
           semaphore.release()
           pendingFutures.remove(promise.future)
diff --git a/connector/src/test/scala/com/datastax/spark/connector/writer/AsyncExecutorTest.scala b/connector/src/test/scala/com/datastax/spark/connector/writer/AsyncExecutorTest.scala
index 9ab34696f..5f4c0adeb 100644
--- a/connector/src/test/scala/com/datastax/spark/connector/writer/AsyncExecutorTest.scala
+++ b/connector/src/test/scala/com/datastax/spark/connector/writer/AsyncExecutorTest.scala
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package com.datastax.spark.connector.writer
 
+import com.datastax.oss.driver.api.core.cql.{AsyncResultSet, SimpleStatement, Statement}
+
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger
 import java.util.concurrent.{Callable, CompletableFuture, CompletionStage}
 
@@ -55,4 +57,20 @@ class AsyncExecutorTest {
     totalFinishedExecutionsCounter.get() shouldBe taskCount
     asyncExecutor.getLatestException() shouldBe None
   }
+
+  @Test
+  def testGracefullyHandleCqlSessionExecuteExceptions() {
+    val executor = new AsyncExecutor[Statement[_], AsyncResultSet](
+      _ => {
+        // simulate exception returned by session.executeAsync() (not future)
+        throw new IllegalStateException("something bad happened")
+      }, 10, None, None
+    )
+    val stmt = SimpleStatement.newInstance("INSERT INTO table1 (key, value) VALUES (1, '100')");
+    val future = executor.executeAsync(stmt)
+    assertTrue(future.isCompleted)
+    val value = future.value.get
+    assertTrue(value.isInstanceOf[Failure[_]])
+    assertTrue(value.asInstanceOf[Failure[_]].exception.isInstanceOf[IllegalStateException])
+  }
 }