diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 0d0f804d6..585c634a7 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ zookeeper =
   kazoo>=2.6.0 # Apache-2.0
   zake>=0.1.6 # Apache-2.0
 redis =
-  redis>=2.10.0 # MIT
+  redis>=3.0.0 # MIT
 workers =
   kombu>=4.3.0 # BSD
 eventlet =