diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5f00a269a7c..35a41f3ff77 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ fastuuid==0.13.5 # for uuid4
 uvloop==0.21.0 # uvicorn dep, gives us much better performance under load
 boto3==1.36.0 # aws bedrock/sagemaker calls
 redis==5.2.1 # redis caching
+redisvl==0.4.1 ## redis semantic caching
 prisma==0.11.0 # for db
 nodejs-wheel-binaries==24.12.0 ## required by prisma for migrations, prevents runtime download (updated from nodejs-bin for security fixes)
 mangum==0.17.0 # for aws lambda functions