diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index ab514f1bc2..e72e91f86d 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const cookieParser = require('cookie-parser');
 const bodyParser = require('body-parser');
 const compression = require('compression');
 const redis = require('redis');
-const connectRedis = require('connect-redis');
+const RedisStore = require('connect-redis').default;
 const session = require('express-session');
 const methodOverride = require('method-override');
 const csurf = require('csurf');
@@ -123,10 +123,17 @@ let sessionStore;
 const redisUrl = REDIS_URI;
 if (redisUrl) {
 	logger.info(`Using Redis session store at '${redisUrl}'.`);
-	const RedisStore = connectRedis(session);
 	const client = redis.createClient({
 		url: redisUrl,
 	});
+	client.connect().catch((err) => logger.error(err));
+
+	// The error event must be handled, otherwise the app crashes on redis connection errors.
+	// This is due to basic NodeJS behavior: https://nodejs.org/api/events.html#error-events
+	client.on('error', (err) => {
+		logger.error('Redis client error', err);
+	});
+
 	sessionStore = new RedisStore({ client });
 } else {
 	logger.info('Using in-memory session store.');
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index fed5f45a6b..9cfd6384da 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
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 				"ckeditor5-math": "^20.0.0",
 				"compression": "^1.6.2",
-				"connect-redis": "^4.0.3",
+				"connect-redis": "^7.1.1",
 				"cookie-parser": "~1.4.3",
 				"cross-env": "^7.0.3",
 				"csurf": "^1.10.0",
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
 				"react": "^16.14.0",
 				"react-dom": "^16.14.0",
 				"react-sortable-hoc": "^1.11.0",
-				"redis": "^3.1.2",
+				"redis": "^4.6.13",
 				"request": "^2.79.0",
 				"request-promise": "^4.2.6",
 				"sanitize-html": "^2.6.1",
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
 			},
 			"engines": {
 				"node": "18",
-				"npm": "9"
+				"npm": ">=9"
 			}
 		},
 		"node_modules/@ampproject/remapping": {
@@ -3013,6 +3013,64 @@
 				"node": ">= 8"
 			}
 		},
+		"node_modules/@redis/bloom": {
+			"version": "1.2.0",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@redis/bloom/-/bloom-1.2.0.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha512-HG2DFjYKbpNmVXsa0keLHp/3leGJz1mjh09f2RLGGLQZzSHpkmZWuwJbAvo3QcRY8p80m5+ZdXZdYOSBLlp7Cg==",
+			"peerDependencies": {
+				"@redis/client": "^1.0.0"
+			}
+		},
+		"node_modules/@redis/client": {
+			"version": "1.5.14",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@redis/client/-/client-1.5.14.tgz",
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+			"dependencies": {
+				"cluster-key-slot": "1.1.2",
+				"generic-pool": "3.9.0",
+				"yallist": "4.0.0"
+			},
+			"engines": {
+				"node": ">=14"
+			}
+		},
+		"node_modules/@redis/client/node_modules/yallist": {
+			"version": "4.0.0",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yallist/-/yallist-4.0.0.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha512-3wdGidZyq5PB084XLES5TpOSRA3wjXAlIWMhum2kRcv/41Sn2emQ0dycQW4uZXLejwKvg6EsvbdlVL+FYEct7A=="
+		},
+		"node_modules/@redis/graph": {
+			"version": "1.1.1",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@redis/graph/-/graph-1.1.1.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha512-FEMTcTHZozZciLRl6GiiIB4zGm5z5F3F6a6FZCyrfxdKOhFlGkiAqlexWMBzCi4DcRoyiOsuLfW+cjlGWyExOw==",
+			"peerDependencies": {
+				"@redis/client": "^1.0.0"
+			}
+		},
+		"node_modules/@redis/json": {
+			"version": "1.0.6",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@redis/json/-/json-1.0.6.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha512-rcZO3bfQbm2zPRpqo82XbW8zg4G/w4W3tI7X8Mqleq9goQjAGLL7q/1n1ZX4dXEAmORVZ4s1+uKLaUOg7LrUhw==",
+			"peerDependencies": {
+				"@redis/client": "^1.0.0"
+			}
+		},
+		"node_modules/@redis/search": {
+			"version": "1.1.6",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@redis/search/-/search-1.1.6.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha512-mZXCxbTYKBQ3M2lZnEddwEAks0Kc7nauire8q20oA0oA/LoA+E/b5Y5KZn232ztPb1FkIGqo12vh3Lf+Vw5iTw==",
+			"peerDependencies": {
+				"@redis/client": "^1.0.0"
+			}
+		},
+		"node_modules/@redis/time-series": {
+			"version": "1.0.5",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@redis/time-series/-/time-series-1.0.5.tgz",
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+			"peerDependencies": {
+				"@redis/client": "^1.0.0"
+			}
+		},
 		"node_modules/@sindresorhus/is": {
 			"version": "0.7.0",
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@sindresorhus/is/-/is-0.7.0.tgz",
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 				"readable-stream": "^2.3.5"
 			}
 		},
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+			"version": "1.1.2",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cluster-key-slot/-/cluster-key-slot-1.1.2.tgz",
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+			}
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 		"node_modules/coa": {
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 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/coa/-/coa-2.0.2.tgz",
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+			},
+			"peerDependencies": {
+				"express-session": ">=1"
 			}
 		},
 		"node_modules/console-browserify": {
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 		},
+		"node_modules/generic-pool": {
+			"version": "3.9.0",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/generic-pool/-/generic-pool-3.9.0.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha512-hymDOu5B53XvN4QT9dBmZxPX4CWhBPPLguTZ9MMFeFa/Kg0xWVfylOVNlJji/E7yTZWFd/q9GO5TxDLq156D7g==",
+			"engines": {
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 		"node_modules/gensync": {
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 		"node_modules/regenerate": {
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 				"fastq": "^1.6.0"
 			}
 		},
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+				"@redis/search": "1.1.6",
+				"@redis/time-series": "1.0.5"
 			}
 		},
 		"regenerate": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e811037ffc..93b9fbafa0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 		"body-parser": "^1.19.0",
 		"ckeditor5-math": "^20.0.0",
 		"compression": "^1.6.2",
-		"connect-redis": "^4.0.3",
+		"connect-redis": "^7.1.1",
 		"cookie-parser": "~1.4.3",
 		"cross-env": "^7.0.3",
 		"csurf": "^1.10.0",
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
 		"react": "^16.14.0",
 		"react-dom": "^16.14.0",
 		"react-sortable-hoc": "^1.11.0",
-		"redis": "^3.1.2",
+		"redis": "^4.6.13",
 		"request": "^2.79.0",
 		"request-promise": "^4.2.6",
 		"sanitize-html": "^2.6.1",