diff --git a/src/backend/impress/settings.py b/src/backend/impress/settings.py
index 6696952a..fb72d34b 100755
--- a/src/backend/impress/settings.py
+++ b/src/backend/impress/settings.py
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ class Base(Configuration):
 
     # Session
     SESSION_ENGINE = "django.contrib.sessions.backends.cache"
+    SESSION_CACHE_ALIAS = "default"
     SESSION_COOKIE_AGE = 60 * 60 * 12
 
     # OIDC - Authorization Code Flow
@@ -531,6 +532,20 @@ class Production(Base):
     AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME = values.Value("tf-default-impress-media-storage")
     AWS_S3_REGION_NAME = values.Value()
 
+    CACHES = {
+        "default": {
+            "BACKEND": "django_redis.cache.RedisCache",
+            "LOCATION": values.Value(
+                "redis://redis:6379/1",
+                environ_name="REDIS_URL",
+                environ_prefix=None,
+            ),
+            "OPTIONS": {
+                "CLIENT_CLASS": "django_redis.client.DefaultClient",
+            },
+        },
+    }
+
 
 class Feature(Production):
     """
diff --git a/src/backend/pyproject.toml b/src/backend/pyproject.toml
index 502cc821..07aa6c23 100644
--- a/src/backend/pyproject.toml
+++ b/src/backend/pyproject.toml
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ dependencies = [
     "django-cors-headers==4.3.1",
     "django-countries==7.5.1",
     "django-parler==2.3",
+    "redis==5.0.3",
+    "django-redis==5.4.0",
     "django-storages==1.14.2",
     "django-timezone-field>=5.1",
     "django==5.0.3",