diff --git a/requirements-optional.txt b/requirements-optional.txt
index 39d6dcd..fd2523c 100644
--- a/requirements-optional.txt
+++ b/requirements-optional.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # These provide additional functionality but are not required for core operation
 
 # Distributed Caching (for Kubernetes/multi-instance deployments)
-redis[hiredis]>=5.0.0  # Redis client with C parser for performance
+redis[hiredis]>=7.0.1  # Redis client with C parser for performance
 
 # Enhanced JSON support (for better serialization)
 orjson  # Fast JSON library
diff --git a/requirements-prod.txt b/requirements-prod.txt
index 87296e8..6557097 100644
--- a/requirements-prod.txt
+++ b/requirements-prod.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 gunicorn[gthread]  # Production ASGI/WSGI server with threading support
 
 # Distributed caching (for multi-instance deployments)
-redis[hiredis]>=5.0.0  # Redis client with C parser for performance
+redis[hiredis]>=7.0.1  # Redis client with C parser for performance
 
 # Environment management
 python-dotenv  # Environment variable loading