diff --git a/backend/api-requirements.txt b/backend/api-requirements.txt
index 304197d9..bc0b72fd 100644
--- a/backend/api-requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/api-requirements.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ django-filter==22.1
 django-cors-headers==3.13.0 # used for enabling cors when frontend is hosted on different server / origin
 osm-login-python==0.0.2
 celery==5.2.7
-redis==4.4.0
+redis>=3.5.3
 django_celery_results==2.4.0
 flower==1.2.0
 validators==0.20.0