diff --git a/backend/backend/settings/base.py b/backend/backend/settings/base.py
index 8d0c1fd3aa..a06d63df27 100644
--- a/backend/backend/settings/base.py
+++ b/backend/backend/settings/base.py
@@ -478,6 +478,7 @@ def filter(self, record):
             "OPTIONS": {
                 "CLIENT_CLASS": "django_redis.client.SentinelClient",
                 "CONNECTION_POOL_CLASS": "redis.sentinel.SentinelConnectionPool",
+                "CONNECTION_FACTORY": "django_redis.pool.SentinelConnectionFactory",
                 "SENTINELS": [(REDIS_HOST, int(REDIS_PORT))],
                 "SENTINEL_KWARGS": _sentinel_kwargs,
                 "DB": int(_redis_db),