diff --git a/backend/pyproject.toml b/backend/pyproject.toml
index 61b7292..3f72367 100644
--- a/backend/pyproject.toml
+++ b/backend/pyproject.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "pyjwt<3.0.0,>=2.13.0",
     "pwdlib[argon2,bcrypt]>=0.3.1",
     # botpit
-    "redis[hiredis]>=5.2",
+    "redis[hiredis]>=8.1.0",
     "websockets>=13",
 ]
 
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index bcc3f8e..d20af44 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "pydantic-settings", specifier = ">=2.2.1,<3.0.0" },
     { name = "pyjwt", specifier = ">=2.13.0,<3.0.0" },
     { name = "python-multipart", specifier = ">=0.0.27,<1.0.0" },
-    { name = "redis", extras = ["hiredis"], specifier = ">=5.2" },
+    { name = "redis", extras = ["hiredis"], specifier = ">=8.1.0" },
     { name = "sentry-sdk", extras = ["fastapi"], specifier = ">=2.68.1,<3.0.0" },
     { name = "sqlmodel", specifier = ">=0.0.39,<1.0.0" },
     { name = "websockets", specifier = ">=13" },