diff --git a/api/core/redis_cluster.py b/api/core/redis_cluster.py
index 5f237aa25f8f..4dc941e4be67 100644
--- a/api/core/redis_cluster.py
+++ b/api/core/redis_cluster.py
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@
 from django_redis.client.default import DefaultClient
 from django_redis.exceptions import ConnectionInterrupted
 from django_redis.pool import ConnectionFactory
-from redis.backoff import DecorrelatedJitterBackoff
 from redis.cluster import RedisCluster
 from redis.exceptions import RedisClusterException
-from redis.retry import Retry
+
+SOCKET_TIMEOUT = 0.2
 
 
 class SafeRedisClusterClient(DefaultClient):
@@ -118,8 +118,9 @@ def get_connection(self, connection_params: dict) -> RedisCluster:
                     )
                 client_cls_kwargs[key] = value
 
-            # Add explicit retry
-            client_cls_kwargs["retry"] = Retry(DecorrelatedJitterBackoff(), 3)
+            # Add explicit socket timeout
+            client_cls_kwargs["socket_timeout"] = SOCKET_TIMEOUT
+            client_cls_kwargs["socket_keepalive"] = True
             # ... and then build and return the client
             return RedisCluster(**client_cls_kwargs)
         except Exception as e:
diff --git a/api/tests/unit/core/test_redis_cluster.py b/api/tests/unit/core/test_redis_cluster.py
index 6aaef4b89779..8eca6eaf590d 100644
--- a/api/tests/unit/core/test_redis_cluster.py
+++ b/api/tests/unit/core/test_redis_cluster.py
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ def test_cluster_connection_factory__get_connection_with_non_conflicting_params(
 ):
     # Given
     mockRedisCluster = mocker.patch("core.redis_cluster.RedisCluster")
-    mockedRetry = mocker.patch("core.redis_cluster.Retry")
-    mockedBackoff = mocker.patch("core.redis_cluster.DecorrelatedJitterBackoff")
     connection_factory = ClusterConnectionFactory(
         options={"REDIS_CLIENT_KWARGS": {"decode_responses": False}}
     )
@@ -57,9 +55,9 @@ def test_cluster_connection_factory__get_connection_with_non_conflicting_params(
         decode_responses=False,
         host="localhost",
         port=6379,
-        retry=mockedRetry.return_value,
+        socket_keepalive=True,
+        socket_timeout=0.2,
     )
-    mockedRetry.assert_called_once_with(mockedBackoff(), 3)
 
 
 def test_cluster_connection_factory__get_connection_with_conflicting_params(