diff --git a/pkgs/servers/nosql/redis/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/nosql/redis/default.nix
index f42acee87b5..a99523cfd70 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/nosql/redis/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/nosql/redis/default.nix
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "redis";
-  version = "6.2.6";
+  version = "7.0.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://download.redis.io/releases/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1ariw5x33hmmm3d5al0j3307l5kf3vhmn78wpyaz67hia1x8nasv";
+    sha256 = "sha256-KE2L0f2F1qVaBe5OfDHDGXetVsvzRO2DeQvusUi6pyA=";
   };
 
   # Cross-compiling fixes
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     substituteInPlace tests/integration/replication.tcl \
       --replace 'foreach mdl {no yes}' 'foreach mdl {}'
 
+    substituteInPlace tests/support/server.tcl \
+      --replace 'exec /usr/bin/env' 'exec env'
+
+    sed -i '/^proc wait_load_handlers_disconnected/{n ; s/wait_for_condition 50 100/wait_for_condition 50 500/; }' \
+      tests/support/util.tcl
+
     ./runtest \
       --no-latency \
       --timeout 2000 \