diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5d36fd1..b243d16 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     'genesis-blockchain-api-client',
     'nose',
     'celery',
-    'redis==2.10.6',
+    'redis==4.4.4',
     'Flask-SocketIO',
     'eventlet',
     'socketIO-client',