diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d898bd1..90a1655 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 
+## [7.0.5] - 2025-11-14
+
+### Changed
+
+- Switch from redis to ioredis
+
 ## [7.0.0-beta] - 2025-11-14
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5147e18..71d25b9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "lambda-essentials-ts",
-  "version": "7.0.4",
+  "version": "7.0.5",
   "description": "A selection of the finest modules supporting authorization, API routing, error handling, logging and sending HTTP requests.",
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "private": false,
@@ -51,8 +51,7 @@
     "prettier": "^2.8.8",
     "ts-jest": "^29.4.6",
     "ts-node": "^10.9.2",
-    "typescript": "^5.9.3",
-    "redis": "^5.10.0"
+    "typescript": "^5.9.3"
   },
   "eslintConfig": {
     "extends": "cimpress-atsquad"
@@ -80,6 +79,7 @@
     "node": ">=20.0.0"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "newrelic": "^12.0.0"
+    "newrelic": "^12.0.0",
+    "ioredis": "^5.9.1"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/httpClient/redisStorage.ts b/src/httpClient/redisStorage.ts
index b819dff..d785c56 100644
--- a/src/httpClient/redisStorage.ts
+++ b/src/httpClient/redisStorage.ts
@@ -7,26 +7,19 @@ const MIN_TTL = 60000;
 
 export default function createRedisStorage(redisEndpoint: string) {
   // eslint-disable-next-line import/no-extraneous-dependencies
-  const redis = require('redis');
+  const Redis = require('ioredis');
 
-  const client = redis.createClient({ url: redisEndpoint });
+  const client = new Redis(redisEndpoint);
 
   // source https://axios-cache-interceptor.js.org/guide/storages#node-redis-storage
   return buildStorage({
     async find(key) {
-      if (!client.isReady) {
-        await client.connect();
-      }
       const result = await client.get(`${KEY_PREFIX}${key}`);
       return result ? (JSON.parse(result) as StorageValue) : undefined;
     },
 
     // eslint-disable-next-line complexity
     async set(key, value, req) {
-      if (!client.isReady) {
-        await client.connect();
-      }
-
       await client.set(`${KEY_PREFIX}${key}`, JSON.stringify(value), {
         PXAT:
           // We don't want to keep indefinitely values in the storage if
@@ -45,9 +38,6 @@ export default function createRedisStorage(redisEndpoint: string) {
     },
 
     async remove(key) {
-      if (!client.isReady) {
-        await client.connect();
-      }
       await client.del(`${KEY_PREFIX}${key}`);
     },
   });
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 9407fe6..d1667d6 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1128,33 +1128,6 @@
     "@nodelib/fs.scandir" "2.1.5"
     fastq "^1.6.0"
 
-"@redis/bloom@5.10.0":
-  version "5.10.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@redis/bloom/-/bloom-5.10.0.tgz#1079373583b82a8b61b0d3721755245686b4a602"
-  integrity sha512-doIF37ob+l47n0rkpRNgU8n4iacBlKM9xLiP1LtTZTvz8TloJB8qx/MgvhMhKdYG+CvCY2aPBnN2706izFn/4A==
-
-"@redis/client@5.10.0":
-  version "5.10.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@redis/client/-/client-5.10.0.tgz#621d5de1898a4f2c3a813769779ca5902ef9d57a"
-  integrity sha512-JXmM4XCoso6C75Mr3lhKA3eNxSzkYi3nCzxDIKY+YOszYsJjuKbFgVtguVPbLMOttN4iu2fXoc2BGhdnYhIOxA==
-  dependencies:
-    cluster-key-slot "1.1.2"
-
-"@redis/json@5.10.0":
-  version "5.10.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@redis/json/-/json-5.10.0.tgz#a550a7859c3cbae45535aad157fcaa8e6bd3e7d3"
-  integrity sha512-B2G8XlOmTPUuZtD44EMGbtoepQG34RCDXLZbjrtON1Djet0t5Ri7/YPXvL9aomXqP8lLTreaprtyLKF4tmXEEA==
-
-"@redis/search@5.10.0":
-  version "5.10.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@redis/search/-/search-5.10.0.tgz#587851479c6abb9b40b31ab9b31c234db7a04919"
-  integrity sha512-3SVcPswoSfp2HnmWbAGUzlbUPn7fOohVu2weUQ0S+EMiQi8jwjL+aN2p6V3TI65eNfVsJ8vyPvqWklm6H6esmg==
-
-"@redis/time-series@5.10.0":
-  version "5.10.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@redis/time-series/-/time-series-5.10.0.tgz#9c7de35fe023e36233fba5c8478ce25832ead64c"
-  integrity sha512-cPkpddXH5kc/SdRhF0YG0qtjL+noqFT0AcHbQ6axhsPsO7iqPi1cjxgdkE9TNeKiBUUdCaU1DbqkR/LzbzPBhg==
-
 "@rtsao/scc@^1.1.0":
   version "1.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@rtsao/scc/-/scc-1.1.0.tgz#927dd2fae9bc3361403ac2c7a00c32ddce9ad7e8"
@@ -2336,11 +2309,6 @@ cliui@^8.0.1:
     strip-ansi "^6.0.1"
     wrap-ansi "^7.0.0"
 
-cluster-key-slot@1.1.2:
-  version "1.1.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cluster-key-slot/-/cluster-key-slot-1.1.2.tgz#88ddaa46906e303b5de30d3153b7d9fe0a0c19ac"
-  integrity sha512-RMr0FhtfXemyinomL4hrWcYJxmX6deFdCxpJzhDttxgO1+bcCnkk+9drydLVDmAMG7NE6aN/fl4F7ucU/90gAA==
-
 co@^4.6.0:
   version "4.6.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/co/-/co-4.6.0.tgz#6ea6bdf3d853ae54ccb8e47bfa0bf3f9031fb184"
@@ -4988,17 +4956,6 @@ read-pkg@^5.2.0:
     parse-json "^5.0.0"
     type-fest "^0.6.0"
 
-redis@^5.10.0:
-  version "5.10.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/redis/-/redis-5.10.0.tgz#c1b26ba2acd9c5fcc0d1724a3c7f0984ca43f48b"
-  integrity sha512-0/Y+7IEiTgVGPrLFKy8oAEArSyEJkU0zvgV5xyi9NzNQ+SLZmyFbUsWIbgPcd4UdUh00opXGKlXJwMmsis5Byw==
-  dependencies:
-    "@redis/bloom" "5.10.0"
-    "@redis/client" "5.10.0"
-    "@redis/json" "5.10.0"
-    "@redis/search" "5.10.0"
-    "@redis/time-series" "5.10.0"
-
 reflect.getprototypeof@^1.0.6, reflect.getprototypeof@^1.0.9:
   version "1.0.10"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/reflect.getprototypeof/-/reflect.getprototypeof-1.0.10.tgz#c629219e78a3316d8b604c765ef68996964e7bf9"