diff --git a/dev/.env.docker-compose b/dev/.env.docker-compose
index 3e0b1d1c..f9dc8107 100644
--- a/dev/.env.docker-compose
+++ b/dev/.env.docker-compose
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@ DJANGO_MINIO_STORAGE_SECRET_KEY=minioSecretKey
 DJANGO_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME=django-storage
 DJANGO_MINIO_STORAGE_MEDIA_URL=http://localhost:9000/django-storage
 DJANGO_ISIC_ELASTICSEARCH_URI=http://elastic:elastic@elasticsearch:9200
+DJANGO_ISIC_REDIS_URL=redis://localhost:6379
 DJANGO_ISIC_DATACITE_USERNAME="fakeuser"
 DJANGO_ISIC_DATACITE_PASSWORD="fakepassword"
diff --git a/dev/.env.docker-compose-native b/dev/.env.docker-compose-native
index 6909a701..d1546580 100644
--- a/dev/.env.docker-compose-native
+++ b/dev/.env.docker-compose-native
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ DJANGO_MINIO_STORAGE_ACCESS_KEY=minioAccessKey
 DJANGO_MINIO_STORAGE_SECRET_KEY=minioSecretKey
 DJANGO_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME=django-storage
 DJANGO_ISIC_ELASTICSEARCH_URI=http://elastic:elastic@localhost:9200
+DJANGO_ISIC_REDIS_URL=redis://localhost:6379
 DJANGO_ISIC_DATACITE_USERNAME="fakeuser"
 DJANGO_ISIC_DATACITE_PASSWORD="fakepassword"
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 005109fd..88eef066 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -44,3 +44,14 @@ services:
       ZS_LISTFILE_BASIC_AUTH: "insecurezipdownloadauthtoken"
     ports:
       - 4008:4008
+
+  redis:
+    image: redis:latest
+    ports:
+      - ${DOCKER_REDIS_PORT-6379}:6379
+
+
+  redisinsight:
+    image: redis/redisinsight:latest
+    ports:
+      - ${DOCKER_REDIS_INSIGHT_PORT-5540}:5540
diff --git a/isic/settings.py b/isic/settings.py
index d9040870..d5242ae6 100644
--- a/isic/settings.py
+++ b/isic/settings.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     TestingBaseConfiguration,
 )
 from configurations import values
+from django_cache_url import BACKENDS
 
 
 def _oauth2_pkce_required(client_id):
@@ -22,6 +23,19 @@ def _oauth2_pkce_required(client_id):
     return oauth_application.client_type != OAuth2Application.CLIENT_CONFIDENTIAL
 
 
+# This is an unfortunate monkeypatching of django_cache_url to support an old version
+# of django-redis on a newer version of django.
+# See https://github.com/noripyt/django-cachalot/issues/222 for fixing this.
+BACKENDS["redis"] = BACKENDS["rediss"] = "django_redis.cache.RedisCache"
+
+
+class CacheURLValue(values.DictBackendMixin, values.CastingMixin, values.Value):
+    caster = "django_cache_url.parse"
+    message = "Cannot interpret cache URL value {0!r}"
+    environ_name = "CACHE_URL"
+    late_binding = True
+
+
 class IsicMixin(ConfigMixin):
     WSGI_APPLICATION = "isic.wsgi.application"
     ROOT_URLCONF = "isic.urls"
@@ -122,6 +136,8 @@ def mutate_configuration(configuration: ComposedConfiguration) -> None:
     ISIC_SANDBOX_BANNER = values.BooleanValue(False)
     ISIC_PLACEHOLDER_IMAGES = values.BooleanValue(False)
 
+    CACHES = CacheURLValue(environ_name="ISIC_REDIS_URL", environ_prefix="DJANGO_")
+
     ISIC_ELASTICSEARCH_URI = values.SecretValue()
     ISIC_ELASTICSEARCH_INDEX = "isic"
     ISIC_GUI_URL = "https://www.isic-archive.com/"
@@ -243,11 +259,17 @@ def mutate_configuration(configuration: ComposedConfiguration):
         # use md5 in testing for quicker user creation
         configuration.PASSWORD_HASHERS.insert(0, "django.contrib.auth.hashers.MD5PasswordHasher")
 
+        configuration.CACHES = {
+            "default": {"BACKEND": "django.core.cache.backends.dummy.DummyCache"},
+        }
+
 
 class HerokuProductionConfiguration(IsicMixin, HerokuProductionBaseConfiguration):
     ISIC_DATACITE_DOI_PREFIX = "10.34970"
     ISIC_ELASTICSEARCH_URI = values.SecretValue(environ_name="SEARCHBOX_URL", environ_prefix=None)
 
+    CACHES = CacheURLValue(environ_name="STACKHERO_REDIS_URL_TLS", environ_prefix=None)
+
     AWS_CLOUDFRONT_KEY = values.SecretValue()
     AWS_CLOUDFRONT_KEY_ID = values.Value()
     AWS_S3_CUSTOM_DOMAIN = values.Value()
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a3c80a60..6313be7a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@
         "pydantic",
         "pymongo",
         "pyparsing",
+        "redis",
+        "hiredis",
+        "django-redis",
         "python-magic",
         "requests",
         "sentry-sdk[pure_eval]",
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index b44c823a..a3a0f2d0 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ passenv =
     DJANGO_MINIO_STORAGE_ENDPOINT
     DJANGO_MINIO_STORAGE_SECRET_KEY
     DJANGO_ISIC_ELASTICSEARCH_URI
+    DJANGO_ISIC_REDIS_URL
 extras =
     dev
 deps =
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ passenv =
     DJANGO_MINIO_STORAGE_ENDPOINT
     DJANGO_MINIO_STORAGE_SECRET_KEY
     DJANGO_ISIC_ELASTICSEARCH_URI
+    DJANGO_ISIC_REDIS_URL
 extras =
     dev
 install_command = pip install --find-links https://girder.github.io/large_image_wheels {opts} {packages}