diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/fix-redis-socket_keepalive-type-32b41b746f426efb.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/fix-redis-socket_keepalive-type-32b41b746f426efb.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..448b9c2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/fix-redis-socket_keepalive-type-32b41b746f426efb.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    The ``socket_keepalive`` option of redis driver no longer accepts integers
+    other than 0 and 1.
+
+fixes:
+  - |
+    The ``socket_keepalive`` option of redis driver now accepts boolean values.
diff --git a/tooz/drivers/redis.py b/tooz/drivers/redis.py
index 11a4ab3b..74f7562c 100644
--- a/tooz/drivers/redis.py
+++ b/tooz/drivers/redis.py
@@ -285,13 +285,13 @@ class RedisDriver(coordination.CoordinationDriverCachedRunWatchers,
     #: Client arguments that are expected to be boolean convertible.
     CLIENT_BOOL_ARGS = frozenset([
         'retry_on_timeout',
+        'socket_keepalive',
         'ssl',
     ])
 
     #: Client arguments that are expected to be int convertible.
     CLIENT_INT_ARGS = frozenset([
         'db',
-        'socket_keepalive',
     ])
 
     #: Client arguments that are expected to be float convertible.