diff --git a/cassandra/cluster.py b/cassandra/cluster.py
index 6ec04521c7..960fb34504 100644
--- a/cassandra/cluster.py
+++ b/cassandra/cluster.py
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
 
 try:
     from cassandra.io.eventletreactor import EventletConnection
-except ImportError:
+except (ImportError, AttributeError): # AttributeError was add for handling python 3.12 https://github.com/eventlet/eventlet/issues/812
     EventletConnection = None
 
 try: