diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
index 827530be9..6aa2b6558 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ whitenoise==6.2.0  # https://github.com/evansd/whitenoise
 {%- endif %}
 redis==4.4.0  # https://github.com/redis/redis-py
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_docker == "y" or cookiecutter.windows == "n" %}
-hiredis==2.0.0  # https://github.com/redis/hiredis-py
+hiredis==2.1.0  # https://github.com/redis/hiredis-py
 {%- endif %}
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_celery == "y" %}
 celery==5.2.7  # pyup: < 6.0  # https://github.com/celery/celery