diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
index 4f198a8b..4f2ebe49 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ argon2-cffi==19.2.0  # https://github.com/hynek/argon2_cffi
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_whitenoise == 'y' %}
 whitenoise==5.0.1  # https://github.com/evansd/whitenoise
 {%- endif %}
-redis==3.5.0 # https://github.com/andymccurdy/redis-py
+redis==3.5.0  # https://github.com/andymccurdy/redis-py
+{%- if cookiecutter.use_docker == "y" or cookiecutter.windows == "n" %}
+hiredis==1.0.1  # https://github.com/redis/hiredis-py
+{%- endif %}
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_celery == "y" %}
 celery==4.4.2  # pyup: < 5.0  # https://github.com/celery/celery
 django-celery-beat==2.0.0  # https://github.com/celery/django-celery-beat
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/production.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/production.txt
index 83ed366f..edf9a590 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/production.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/production.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ Collectfast==2.1.0  # https://github.com/antonagestam/collectfast
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_sentry == "y" %}
 sentry-sdk==0.14.3  # https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-python
 {%- endif %}
+{%- if cookiecutter.use_docker == "n" and cookiecutter.windows == "y" %}
+hiredis==1.0.1  # https://github.com/redis/hiredis-py
+{%- endif %}
 
 # Django
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