diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/sentinel-use-redis-creds-63f58b12ad46a2b5.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/sentinel-use-redis-creds-63f58b12ad46a2b5.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aa4537a0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/sentinel-use-redis-creds-63f58b12ad46a2b5.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Now the redis driver uses the credential for redis servers in connections
+    to Redis Sentinel servers.
+
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    Now the redis driver uses the same credentials as redis by default. If
+    a different credentials need to be used, override these via
+    ``sentinel_kwargs``.
diff --git a/taskflow/jobs/backends/impl_redis.py b/taskflow/jobs/backends/impl_redis.py
index c7e538e1b..1beb42227 100644
--- a/taskflow/jobs/backends/impl_redis.py
+++ b/taskflow/jobs/backends/impl_redis.py
@@ -569,8 +569,12 @@ return cmsgpack.pack(result)
                     client_conf[key] = conf[key]
         if conf.get('sentinel') is not None:
             sentinels = [(client_conf.pop('host'), client_conf.pop('port'))]
+            sentinel_kwargs = conf.get('sentinel_kwargs', {})
+            for key in ('username', 'password', 'socket_timeout'):
+                if key in conf:
+                    sentinel_kwargs.setdefault(key, conf[key])
             s = sentinel.Sentinel(sentinels,
-                                  sentinel_kwargs=conf.get('sentinel_kwargs'),
+                                  sentinel_kwargs=sentinel_kwargs,
                                   **client_conf)
             return s.master_for(conf['sentinel'])
         else:
diff --git a/taskflow/tests/unit/jobs/test_redis_job.py b/taskflow/tests/unit/jobs/test_redis_job.py
index f99a643c9..5a4a53b19 100644
--- a/taskflow/tests/unit/jobs/test_redis_job.py
+++ b/taskflow/tests/unit/jobs/test_redis_job.py
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ class RedisJobboardTest(test.TestCase, base.BoardTestMixin):
                 'namespace': 'test',
                 'sentinel': 'mymaster',
                 'sentinel_kwargs': {
-                    'username': 'default',
+                    'username': 'sentineluser',
                     'password': 'senitelsecret'
                 }}
         with mock.patch('redis.sentinel.Sentinel') as mock_sentinel:
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ class RedisJobboardTest(test.TestCase, base.BoardTestMixin):
             mock_sentinel.assert_called_once_with(
                 [('127.0.0.1', 26379)],
                 sentinel_kwargs={
-                    'username': 'default',
+                    'username': 'sentineluser',
                     'password': 'senitelsecret'
                 },
                 **test_conf)
@@ -153,7 +153,6 @@ class RedisJobboardTest(test.TestCase, base.BoardTestMixin):
                 'password': 'secret',
                 'namespace': 'test',
                 'sentinel': 'mymaster',
-                'sentinel_kwargs': {'password': 'senitelsecret'},
                 'ssl': True,
                 'ssl_ca_certs': '/etc/ssl/certs'}
         with mock.patch('redis.sentinel.Sentinel') as mock_sentinel:
@@ -166,6 +165,7 @@ class RedisJobboardTest(test.TestCase, base.BoardTestMixin):
             }
             mock_sentinel.assert_called_once_with(
                 [('127.0.0.1', 26379)],
-                sentinel_kwargs={'password': 'senitelsecret'},
+                sentinel_kwargs={
+                    'username': 'default', 'password': 'secret'},
                 **test_conf)
             mock_sentinel().master_for.assert_called_once_with('mymaster')