diff --git a/express-session-hapi.js b/express-session-hapi.js
index a189d36..6916591 100644
--- a/express-session-hapi.js
+++ b/express-session-hapi.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 var Boom = require('boom');
 var Hoek = require('hoek');
 var Joi = require('joi');
-var redis = require('redis');
+var Redis = require('ioredis');
 var signature = require('cookie-signature');
 
 var internals = {};
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ internals.implementation = function (server, options) {
     settings.appendNext = (settings.appendNext ? 'next' : '');
   }
 
-  var redisClient = redis.createClient(settings.redis);
+  var redisClient = new Redis(settings.redis);
 
   function decodeCookieValue(val) {
     val = decodeURIComponent(val).trim();
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0c6aea6..a858048 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     "cookie-signature": "1.0.6",
     "hoek": "3.0.4",
     "joi": "6.6.1",
-    "redis": "2.6.0-1"
+    "ioredis": "2.4.0"
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=4"