diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index fb038a9..b5bc14a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 quart
-aioredis>=2.0.0
+redis>=4.2.0rc1
 aiohttp
 aiofiles
 quart_session
diff --git a/wowlet_backend/factory.py b/wowlet_backend/factory.py
index db64261..f4e8ba6 100644
--- a/wowlet_backend/factory.py
+++ b/wowlet_backend/factory.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from datetime import datetime
 from asyncio_multisubscriber_queue import MultisubscriberQueue
 from quart import Quart
 from quart_session import Session
-import aioredis
+from redis import asyncio as aioredis
 
 from wowlet_backend.utils import print_banner
 import settings