diff --git a/shotover-proxy/tests/helpers/cassandra.rs b/shotover-proxy/tests/helpers/cassandra.rs
index 03c0d32ca..19f30c44e 100644
--- a/shotover-proxy/tests/helpers/cassandra.rs
+++ b/shotover-proxy/tests/helpers/cassandra.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ pub fn cassandra_connection(contact_points: &str, port: u16) -> Session {
     cluster.set_credentials("cassandra", "cassandra").unwrap();
     cluster.set_port(port).ok();
     cluster.set_load_balance_round_robin();
-    cluster.connect().unwrap()
+    // By default unwrap uses the Debug formatter `{:?}` which is extremely noisy for the error type returned by `connect()`.
+    // So we instead force the Display formatter `{}` on the error.
+    cluster.connect().map_err(|err| format!("{err}")).unwrap()
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialOrd, PartialEq, Eq, Ord)]