diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile-workers b/docker/Dockerfile-workers
index adb9a725e..31d6d3340 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile-workers
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile-workers
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ FROM docker.io/library/debian:bullseye-slim AS deps_base
 # which makes it much easier to copy (but we need to make sure we use an image
 # based on the same debian version as the synapse image, to make sure we get
 # the expected version of libc.
-FROM docker.io/library/redis:6-bullseye AS redis_base
+FROM docker.io/library/redis:7-bullseye AS redis_base
 
 # now build the final image, based on the the regular Synapse docker image
 FROM $FROM