diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f3df387584..201a926f22 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
     "babel-plugin-relay": "16.2.0",
     "body-parser": "1.19.0",
     "classnames": "2.2.6",
-    "connect-redis": "7.1.1",
+    "connect-redis": "5.0.0",
     "cookie-parser": "1.4.5",
     "debug": "4.3.4",
     "esm": "3.2.25",
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
     "react-swipe": "6.0.4",
     "react-truncate-markup": "5.1.0",
     "recompose": "0.30.0",
-    "redis": "4.6.13",
+    "redis": "2.8.0",
     "relay-runtime": "16.2.0",
     "serialize-javascript": "4.0.0",
     "suncalc": "1.8.0",
diff --git a/server/passport-openid-connect/openidConnect.js b/server/passport-openid-connect/openidConnect.js
index 16b86dbb05..df6dcd677e 100644
--- a/server/passport-openid-connect/openidConnect.js
+++ b/server/passport-openid-connect/openidConnect.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const session = require('express-session');
 const redis = require('redis');
 const axios = require('axios');
 const moment = require('moment');
-const RedisStore = require('connect-redis').default;
+const RedisStore = require('connect-redis')(session);
 const LoginStrategy = require('./Strategy').Strategy;
 
 const clearAllUserSessions = false; // set true if logout should erase all user's sessions
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ export default function setUpOIDC(app, port, indexPath, hostnames) {
 
   const RedisHost = process.env.REDIS_HOST || 'localhost';
   const RedisPort = process.env.REDIS_PORT || 6379;
-  const RedisProtocol = process.env.REDIS_HOST ? 'rediss' : 'redis';
-  const RedisURL = `${RedisProtocol}://${RedisHost}:${RedisPort}`;
   const RedisKey = process.env.REDIS_KEY;
   const RedisClient = RedisKey
-    ? redis.createClient({ url: RedisURL, password: RedisKey })
-    : redis.createClient({ url: RedisURL });
-  RedisClient.connect().catch(console.error);
+    ? redis.createClient(RedisPort, RedisHost, {
+        auth_pass: RedisKey,
+        tls: { servername: RedisHost },
+      })
+    : redis.createClient(RedisPort, RedisHost);
 
   const redirectUris = hostnames.map(host => `${host}${callbackPath}`);
   const postLogoutRedirectUris = hostnames.map(
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export default function setUpOIDC(app, port, indexPath, hostnames) {
         console.log(`adding session for used ${userId} id ${sessionId}`);
       }
       if (clearAllUserSessions) {
-        RedisClient.sAdd(`sessions-${userId}`, sessionId);
+        RedisClient.sadd(`sessions-${userId}`, sessionId);
       }
     },
   });
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ export default function setUpOIDC(app, port, indexPath, hostnames) {
     session({
       secret: process.env.SESSION_SECRET || 'reittiopas_secret',
       store: new RedisStore({
+        host: RedisHost,
+        port: RedisPort,
         client: RedisClient,
         ttl: 60 * 60 * 24 * 60,
       }),
@@ -204,7 +206,7 @@ export default function setUpOIDC(app, port, indexPath, hostnames) {
     }
     const sessions = `sessions-${req.session.userId}`;
     req.logout({}, () => {
-      RedisClient.sMembers(sessions).then(sessionIds => {
+      RedisClient.smembers(sessions, function (err, sessionIds) {
         req.session.destroy(function () {
           res.clearCookie('connect.sid');
           if (sessionIds && sessionIds.length > 0) {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 1b00cb003e..3d6a826414 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
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+"connect-redis@npm:5.0.0":
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+  resolution: "connect-redis@npm:5.0.0"
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-    connect-redis: 7.1.1
+    connect-redis: 5.0.0
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     copy-webpack-plugin: 6.1.0
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     recompose: 0.30.0
-    redis: 4.6.13
+    redis: 2.8.0
     relay-compiler: 16.2.0
     relay-runtime: 16.2.0
     rollup: 2.35.1
@@ -11712,6 +11647,13 @@ __metadata:
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+"double-ended-queue@npm:^2.1.0-0":
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-"redis@npm:4.6.13":
-  version: 4.6.13
-  resolution: "redis@npm:4.6.13"
+"redis-commands@npm:^1.2.0":
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+  resolution: "redis-commands@npm:1.7.0"
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