diff --git a/forms-flow-api-utils/src/formsflow_api_utils/utils/caching.py b/forms-flow-api-utils/src/formsflow_api_utils/utils/caching.py
index e2bf19166..b4ffc33e0 100644
--- a/forms-flow-api-utils/src/formsflow_api_utils/utils/caching.py
+++ b/forms-flow-api-utils/src/formsflow_api_utils/utils/caching.py
@@ -5,17 +5,8 @@
 from redis.client import Redis
 import json
 import os
-from redis.cluster import RedisCluster
-from urllib.parse import urlparse
+from redis import ConnectionPool
 
-def get_cluster_startup_nodes(cluster_url):
-    parsed_url = urlparse(cluster_url)
-    hosts_ports = parsed_url.netloc.split(',')
-    startup_nodes = []
-    for host_port in hosts_ports:
-        host, port = host_port.split(':')
-        startup_nodes.append({"host": host, "port": int(port)})
-    return startup_nodes
 
 class RedisManager:
     """
@@ -44,9 +35,8 @@ def get_client(cls, app=None) -> Redis:
             if app is None:
                 app = current_app
             redis_url = app.config.get("REDIS_URL")
-            startup_nodes = get_cluster_startup_nodes(redis_url)
             if redis_cluster:
-                cls._redis_client = RedisCluster(startup_nodes=startup_nodes, decode_responses=True)
+                cls._redis_client = redis.StrictRedis.from_url(redis_url, decode_responses=True, connection_pool=ConnectionPool.from_url(redis_url), cluster=True)
             else:
                 cls._redis_client = redis.StrictRedis.from_url(redis_url)
             app.logger.info("Redis client initiated successfully")