diff --git a/arkindex/project/settings.py b/arkindex/project/settings.py
index 8fa49d285f37a9773d4d3978599c33c5e9996559..3e40c284f762d3a21408a0405fbfbc8d248d2ed1 100644
--- a/arkindex/project/settings.py
+++ b/arkindex/project/settings.py
@@ -321,11 +321,8 @@ if conf['cache']['type'] is None:
 if conf['cache']['type'] == CacheType.Redis:
     CACHES = {
         'default': {
-            'BACKEND': 'django_redis.cache.RedisCache',
+            'BACKEND': 'django.core.cache.backends.redis.RedisCache',
             'LOCATION': conf['cache']['url'],
-            'OPTIONS': {
-                'CLIENT_CLASS': 'django_redis.client.DefaultClient',
-            }
         }
     }
 elif conf['cache']['type'] == CacheType.Memcached:
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 484f2ac4bfccd87f0ceea48c5d4a113778b5ac9e..2c4ad6bb6cdb9d223af2207356e969513a2eb2ce 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ bleach==4.1.0
 django-admin-hstore-widget==1.1.0
 django-cors-headers==3.10.0
 django-enumfields==2.1.1
-django-redis==5.0.0
 django-rq==2.4.1
 djangorestframework==3.12.4
 drf-spectacular==0.18.2