diff --git a/frappe/utils/redis_wrapper.py b/frappe/utils/redis_wrapper.py
index 6dc9421bc4..81bf195ed0 100644
--- a/frappe/utils/redis_wrapper.py
+++ b/frappe/utils/redis_wrapper.py
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ def setup_cache():
 			redis_class=RedisWrapper,
 		)
 
-	return RedisWrapper.from_url(frappe.conf.get("redis_cache"))
+	return RedisWrapper.from_url(frappe.conf.get("redis_cache"), protocol=3)
 
 
 def get_sentinel_connection(
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0156e4a64d..bcac7551d2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "pytz==2023.3",
     "rauth~=0.7.3",
     "redis~=5.2.0",
-    "hiredis~=3.0.0",
+    "hiredis~=3.1.0",
     "setproctitle~=1.3.3",
     "requests-oauthlib~=1.3.1",
     "requests~=2.32.0",