diff --git a/appengine/redis/package.json b/appengine/redis/package.json
index 7120f84b46..c3f17d5bb5 100644
--- a/appengine/redis/package.json
+++ b/appengine/redis/package.json
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "nconf": "0.10.0",
-    "redis": "2.8.0"
+    "redis": "3.1.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@google-cloud/nodejs-repo-tools": "^3.0.0"