diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 7a263ef1c0..4c8dc52c34 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - defectdojo_postgres:/var/lib/postgresql/data
   valkey:
-    image: valkey/valkey:7.2.12-alpine@sha256:32860ea506d2dde08333d1cca2bf28c46bc84e9654308eabf801f77548f72573
+    image: valkey/valkey:9.0.3-alpine@sha256:ad4541b28b017bf4cd83ee057c51aafb21ea32e898e3f3b8b75e268650f2ac20
     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