diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index fb8f42f..2173b13 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-redis<4.0
+redis<=4.4.4
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f1f9c70..1dfce4b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     license="BSD",
     packages=["redis_cache", "redis_cache.backends"],
     description="Redis Cache Backend for Django",
-    install_requires=['redis<4.0'],
+    install_requires=['redis<=4.4.4'],
     classifiers=[
         "Programming Language :: Python",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6",