diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
index 65b49facc..d74ffa86a 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ whitenoise==6.7.0  # https://github.com/evansd/whitenoise
 {%- endif %}
 redis==5.0.7  # https://github.com/redis/redis-py
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_docker == "y" or cookiecutter.windows == "n" %}
-hiredis==2.3.2  # https://github.com/redis/hiredis-py
+hiredis==3.0.0  # https://github.com/redis/hiredis-py
 {%- endif %}
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_celery == "y" %}
 celery==5.4.0  # pyup: < 6.0  # https://github.com/celery/celery