diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index fb566f29611..d3e26170482 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - defectdojo_postgres:/var/lib/postgresql/data
   valkey:
-    image: valkey/valkey:7.2.11-alpine@sha256:9e483e0fe4c98b631b166b41d530c7ff1b8009a44f261bff28e9d1e2e27db58d
+    image: valkey/valkey:9.0.1-alpine@sha256:c106a0c03bcb23cbdf9febe693114cb7800646b11ca8b303aee7409de005faa8
     volumes:
       # we keep using the redis volume as renaming is not possible and copying data over
       # would require steps during downtime or complex commands in the intializer