diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
index 11e6bdf9..9cc94bc1 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ argon2-cffi==23.1.0  # https://github.com/hynek/argon2_cffi
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_whitenoise == 'y' %}
 whitenoise==6.7.0  # https://github.com/evansd/whitenoise
 {%- endif %}
-redis==5.0.8  # https://github.com/redis/redis-py
+redis==5.1.0  # https://github.com/redis/redis-py
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_docker == "y" or cookiecutter.windows == "n" %}
 hiredis==3.0.0  # https://github.com/redis/hiredis-py
 {%- endif %}