diff --git a/Pipfile b/Pipfile
index 365b671a03..d5c24ed3f2 100644
--- a/Pipfile
+++ b/Pipfile
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ django-environ = ">=0.4"
 django-extensions = ">=2.2"
 django-filter = ">=2.2"
 django-prometheus = ">=1.1"
+django-redis = ">=4.10"
 django-tenants = ">=3.4"
 djangorestframework = ">=3.14.0"
 djangorestframework-csv = ">=2.1"
diff --git a/Pipfile.lock b/Pipfile.lock
index ae2ca191fc..96dddd2f94 100644
--- a/Pipfile.lock
+++ b/Pipfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "_meta": {
         "hash": {
-            "sha256": "4d4a010f333a433e1d2b87d1632b76f0e2c0ad91982e6d762070714c47a3c573"
+            "sha256": "5f83cd3699d9f37dd9ca68412c10e51782efe4ec41768720290d2e3bebec9cbe"
         },
         "pipfile-spec": 6,
         "requires": {
@@ -574,6 +574,14 @@
             "index": "pypi",
             "version": "==2.3.1"
         },
+        "django-redis": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:6a02abaa34b0fea8bf9b707d2c363ab6adc7409950b2db93602e6cb292818c42",
+                "sha256:ebc88df7da810732e2af9987f7f426c96204bf89319df4c6da6ca9a2942edd5b"
+            ],
+            "index": "pypi",
+            "version": "==5.4.0"
+        },
         "django-tenants": {
             "hashes": [
                 "sha256:36052d5bfce8240afab062e2d33ffeb25e38fa57b2a2b003eacd7e8d60334d97"
diff --git a/koku/koku/cache.py b/koku/koku/cache.py
index 9cd9cfbcd0..5563a5d9d3 100644
--- a/koku/koku/cache.py
+++ b/koku/koku/cache.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 from django.core.cache import caches
 from django.core.cache.backends.dummy import DummyCache
 from django.core.cache.backends.locmem import LocMemCache
-from django.core.cache.backends.redis import RedisCache
+from django_redis.cache import RedisCache
 from redis import Redis
 
 from api.common import log_json
diff --git a/koku/koku/settings.py b/koku/koku/settings.py
index 3aa54d15fd..d1b718e2b6 100644
--- a/koku/koku/settings.py
+++ b/koku/koku/settings.py
@@ -237,29 +237,33 @@
 else:
     CACHES = {
         "default": {
-            "BACKEND": "django.core.cache.backends.redis.RedisCache",
+            "BACKEND": "django_redis.cache.RedisCache",
             "LOCATION": f"redis://{REDIS_HOST}:{REDIS_PORT}/{REDIS_DB}",
             "KEY_FUNCTION": "django_tenants.cache.make_key",
             "REVERSE_KEY_FUNCTION": "django_tenants.cache.reverse_key",
-            "TIMEOUT": 3600,  # 1 hour default
+            "TIMEOUT": 3_600,  # 1 hour default
             "OPTIONS": {
-                "health_check_interval": REDIS_HEALTH_CHECK_INTERVAL,
-                "retry_on_timeout": REDIS_RETRY_ON_TIMEOUT,
+                "CLIENT_CLASS": "django_redis.client.DefaultClient",
+                "IGNORE_EXCEPTIONS": True,
+                "MAX_ENTRIES": 1_000,
+                "CONNECTION_POOL_CLASS_KWARGS": REDIS_CONNECTION_POOL_KWARGS,
             },
         },
         "rbac": {
-            "BACKEND": "django.core.cache.backends.redis.RedisCache",
+            "BACKEND": "django_redis.cache.RedisCache",
             "LOCATION": f"redis://{REDIS_HOST}:{REDIS_PORT}/1",
             "TIMEOUT": ENVIRONMENT.get_value("RBAC_CACHE_TIMEOUT", default=300),
             "OPTIONS": {
-                "health_check_interval": REDIS_HEALTH_CHECK_INTERVAL,
-                "retry_on_timeout": REDIS_RETRY_ON_TIMEOUT,
+                "CLIENT_CLASS": "django_redis.client.DefaultClient",
+                "IGNORE_EXCEPTIONS": True,
+                "MAX_ENTRIES": 1_000,
+                "CONNECTION_POOL_CLASS_KWARGS": REDIS_CONNECTION_POOL_KWARGS,
             },
         },
         "worker": {
             "BACKEND": "django.core.cache.backends.db.DatabaseCache",
             "LOCATION": "worker_cache_table",
-            "TIMEOUT": 86400,  # 24 hours
+            "TIMEOUT": 86_400,  # 24 hours
         },
     }