diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/compose/django/entrypoint.sh b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/compose/django/entrypoint.sh
index 541083be0..7b3ae7462 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/compose/django/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/compose/django/entrypoint.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 set -e
 
 # setting up environment variables to work with DATABASE_URL and DJANGO_CACHE_URL
-export DJANGO_CACHE_URL=memcache://memcached:11211
+export DJANGO_CACHE_URL=redis://redis:6379
 
 if [ -z "$POSTGRES_ENV_POSTGRES_USER" ]; then
     export POSTGRES_ENV_POSTGRES_USER=postgres
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/docker-compose.yml b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/docker-compose.yml
index e8bc8f403..d7aa1740e 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/docker-compose.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ django:
   build: .
   links:
     - postgres
-    - memcached
+    - redis
     {% if cookiecutter.use_celery %}
     - rabbitmq
     {% endif %}
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ nginx:
   ports:
     - "0.0.0.0:80:80"
 
-memcached:
-  image: memcached
+redis:
+  image: redis:3.0
 {% if cookiecutter.use_celery %}
 rabbitmq:
   image: rabbitmq
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ celeryworker:
   links:
    - rabbitmq
    - postgres
+   - redis
   command: su -m django -c "celery -A {{cookiecutter.repo_name}}.taskman worker -l INFO"
 
 celerybeat:
@@ -42,5 +43,6 @@ celerybeat:
   links:
     - rabbitmq
     - postgres
+    - redis
   command: su -m django -c "celery -A {{cookiecutter.repo_name}}.taskman beat -l INFO"
 {% endif %}
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