diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
index 7fe56d76..f61d5a69 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ awesome-slugify==1.6.5
 pytz==2017.2
 
 # Redis support
-django-redis==4.7.0
+django-redis==4.8.0
 redis>=2.10.5
 
 {% if cookiecutter.use_celery == "y" %}