diff --git a/datafusion/common/src/config.rs b/datafusion/common/src/config.rs
index 37d26c6f00c4a..4a0c61910ba4b 100644
--- a/datafusion/common/src/config.rs
+++ b/datafusion/common/src/config.rs
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ impl ConfigOptions {
     ///
     /// Only the built-in configurations will be extracted from the hash map
     /// and other key value pairs will be ignored.
-    pub fn from_string_hash_map(settings: HashMap<String, String>) -> Result<Self> {
+    pub fn from_string_hash_map(settings: &HashMap<String, String>) -> Result<Self> {
         struct Visitor(Vec<String>);
 
         impl Visit for Visitor {
diff --git a/datafusion/core/src/dataframe/mod.rs b/datafusion/core/src/dataframe/mod.rs
index c516c7985d54d..af4a27b4e96eb 100644
--- a/datafusion/core/src/dataframe/mod.rs
+++ b/datafusion/core/src/dataframe/mod.rs
@@ -3268,7 +3268,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn with_column_renamed_case_sensitive() -> Result<()> {
         let config =
-            SessionConfig::from_string_hash_map(std::collections::HashMap::from([(
+            SessionConfig::from_string_hash_map(&std::collections::HashMap::from([(
                 "datafusion.sql_parser.enable_ident_normalization".to_owned(),
                 "false".to_owned(),
             )]))?;
@@ -3704,8 +3704,10 @@ mod tests {
     // Test issue: https://github.com/apache/datafusion/issues/12065
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn filtered_aggr_with_param_values() -> Result<()> {
-        let cfg = SessionConfig::new()
-            .set("datafusion.sql_parser.dialect", "PostgreSQL".into());
+        let cfg = SessionConfig::new().set(
+            "datafusion.sql_parser.dialect",
+            &ScalarValue::from("PostgreSQL"),
+        );
         let ctx = SessionContext::new_with_config(cfg);
         register_aggregate_csv(&ctx, "table1").await?;
 
diff --git a/datafusion/core/src/dataframe/parquet.rs b/datafusion/core/src/dataframe/parquet.rs
index 2a23f045f3b2b..66974e37f4533 100644
--- a/datafusion/core/src/dataframe/parquet.rs
+++ b/datafusion/core/src/dataframe/parquet.rs
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ mod tests {
         // This test verifies writing a parquet file with small rg size
         // relative to datafusion.execution.batch_size does not panic
         let ctx = SessionContext::new_with_config(SessionConfig::from_string_hash_map(
-            HashMap::from_iter(
+            &HashMap::from_iter(
                 [("datafusion.execution.batch_size", "10")]
                     .iter()
                     .map(|(s1, s2)| (s1.to_string(), s2.to_string())),
diff --git a/datafusion/core/src/datasource/listing/table.rs b/datafusion/core/src/datasource/listing/table.rs
index a0345a38e40cd..703ba1d1d221c 100644
--- a/datafusion/core/src/datasource/listing/table.rs
+++ b/datafusion/core/src/datasource/listing/table.rs
@@ -1787,7 +1787,7 @@ mod tests {
         // Create the initial context, schema, and batch.
         let session_ctx = match session_config_map {
             Some(cfg) => {
-                let config = SessionConfig::from_string_hash_map(cfg)?;
+                let config = SessionConfig::from_string_hash_map(&cfg)?;
                 SessionContext::new_with_config(config)
             }
             None => SessionContext::new(),
@@ -1985,7 +1985,7 @@ mod tests {
         // Create the initial context
         let session_ctx = match session_config_map {
             Some(cfg) => {
-                let config = SessionConfig::from_string_hash_map(cfg)?;
+                let config = SessionConfig::from_string_hash_map(&cfg)?;
                 SessionContext::new_with_config(config)
             }
             None => SessionContext::new(),
diff --git a/datafusion/core/src/execution/context/parquet.rs b/datafusion/core/src/execution/context/parquet.rs
index fef20df6e69dc..1d83c968c1a89 100644
--- a/datafusion/core/src/execution/context/parquet.rs
+++ b/datafusion/core/src/execution/context/parquet.rs
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn read_with_glob_path_issue_2465() -> Result<()> {
         let config =
-            SessionConfig::from_string_hash_map(std::collections::HashMap::from([(
+            SessionConfig::from_string_hash_map(&std::collections::HashMap::from([(
                 "datafusion.execution.listing_table_ignore_subdirectory".to_owned(),
                 "false".to_owned(),
             )]))?;
diff --git a/datafusion/execution/src/config.rs b/datafusion/execution/src/config.rs
index 7f872db049a5d..c2b1f9e741282 100644
--- a/datafusion/execution/src/config.rs
+++ b/datafusion/execution/src/config.rs
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ use datafusion_common::{
 /// use datafusion_common::ScalarValue;
 ///
 /// let config = SessionConfig::new()
-///    .set("datafusion.execution.batch_size", ScalarValue::UInt64(Some(1234)))
+///    .set("datafusion.execution.batch_size", &ScalarValue::UInt64(Some(1234)))
 ///    .set_bool("datafusion.execution.parquet.pushdown_filters", true);
 ///
 /// assert_eq!(config.batch_size(), 1234);
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ impl SessionConfig {
     }
 
     /// Create new ConfigOptions struct, taking values from a string hash map.
-    pub fn from_string_hash_map(settings: HashMap<String, String>) -> Result<Self> {
+    pub fn from_string_hash_map(settings: &HashMap<String, String>) -> Result<Self> {
         Ok(ConfigOptions::from_string_hash_map(settings)?.into())
     }
 
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ impl SessionConfig {
     }
 
     /// Set a configuration option
-    pub fn set(self, key: &str, value: ScalarValue) -> Self {
+    pub fn set(self, key: &str, value: &ScalarValue) -> Self {
         self.set_str(key, &value.to_string())
     }
 
diff --git a/datafusion/physical-plan/src/aggregates/mod.rs b/datafusion/physical-plan/src/aggregates/mod.rs
index 0f33a9d7b992c..bbc05ceebdb0e 100644
--- a/datafusion/physical-plan/src/aggregates/mod.rs
+++ b/datafusion/physical-plan/src/aggregates/mod.rs
@@ -2373,11 +2373,11 @@ mod tests {
         let mut session_config = SessionConfig::default();
         session_config = session_config.set(
             "datafusion.execution.skip_partial_aggregation_probe_rows_threshold",
-            ScalarValue::Int64(Some(2)),
+            &ScalarValue::Int64(Some(2)),
         );
         session_config = session_config.set(
             "datafusion.execution.skip_partial_aggregation_probe_ratio_threshold",
-            ScalarValue::Float64(Some(0.1)),
+            &ScalarValue::Float64(Some(0.1)),
         );
 
         let ctx = TaskContext::default().with_session_config(session_config);
@@ -2462,11 +2462,11 @@ mod tests {
         let mut session_config = SessionConfig::default();
         session_config = session_config.set(
             "datafusion.execution.skip_partial_aggregation_probe_rows_threshold",
-            ScalarValue::Int64(Some(5)),
+            &ScalarValue::Int64(Some(5)),
         );
         session_config = session_config.set(
             "datafusion.execution.skip_partial_aggregation_probe_ratio_threshold",
-            ScalarValue::Float64(Some(0.1)),
+            &ScalarValue::Float64(Some(0.1)),
         );
 
         let ctx = TaskContext::default().with_session_config(session_config);