diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3f6c57dc..fd86b9ab 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ kazoo==2.6.1
 snakefood
 
 gevent==1.3.0
-redis==2.10.6
+redis==3.4.0
 # previous 3.11 has a security issue, which is fixed in at least 4.2b1
 PyYAML==4.2b4