diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 479130efb..2092ea532 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 - Abort interrupts running queries ([PR #1182](https://github.com/aws/aws-advanced-jdbc-wrapper/pull/1182))
 - Use the AwsCredentialsProviderHandler from the ConfigurationProfile when it is defined ([PR #1183](https://github.com/aws/aws-advanced-jdbc-wrapper/pull/1183)).
 - Use iamHost property in federated auth and okta plugins ([PR #1191](https://github.com/aws/aws-advanced-jdbc-wrapper/pull/1191))
+- Initialize failover2 topology monitors after dialect is updated ([PR #1196](https://github.com/aws/aws-advanced-jdbc-wrapper/pull/1196))
 
 ## [2.5.2] - 2024-11-4
 ### :bug: Fixed
diff --git a/wrapper/src/main/java/software/amazon/jdbc/hostlistprovider/monitoring/MonitoringRdsHostListProvider.java b/wrapper/src/main/java/software/amazon/jdbc/hostlistprovider/monitoring/MonitoringRdsHostListProvider.java
index 1176b7409..52bffb6a2 100644
--- a/wrapper/src/main/java/software/amazon/jdbc/hostlistprovider/monitoring/MonitoringRdsHostListProvider.java
+++ b/wrapper/src/main/java/software/amazon/jdbc/hostlistprovider/monitoring/MonitoringRdsHostListProvider.java
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ public static void clearCache() {
   @Override
   protected void init() throws SQLException {
     super.init();
-    this.initMonitor();
   }
 
   protected ClusterTopologyMonitor initMonitor() {