diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d230f4d..dd2f668 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -10,5 +10,4 @@ dependencies = [
     "gel>=3.1.0",
     "redis>=5.2.1",
     "quart>=0.20.0",
-    "aioredis>=2.0.1",
 ]
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2c274bb..fe03cd1 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 aiofiles==25.1.0
 aiologger==0.7.0
-aioredis==2.0.1
 async-timeout==5.0.1
 blinker==1.9.0
 click==8.3.2
diff --git a/server/game_board_stats/RedisGameBoardStore.py b/server/game_board_stats/RedisGameBoardStore.py
index f137cab..9207898 100644
--- a/server/game_board_stats/RedisGameBoardStore.py
+++ b/server/game_board_stats/RedisGameBoardStore.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from server.GameBoard import GameBoard
+import inspect
 import pickle
 
 class RedisGameBoardStore:
@@ -13,9 +14,9 @@ class RedisGameBoardStore:
       return self._redis
 
     try:
-      import aioredis  # type: ignore[import-not-found]
+      import redis.asyncio as aioredis  # type: ignore[import-not-found]
     except ImportError as error:  # pragma: no cover
-      raise RuntimeError("Redis backend selected but 'aioredis' package is not installed") from error
+      raise RuntimeError("Redis backend selected but 'redis' package with asyncio support is not installed") from error
 
     self._redis = aioredis.from_url(self.redis_url)
     return self._redis
@@ -43,11 +44,16 @@ class RedisGameBoardStore:
     if self._redis is None:
       return
 
-    if hasattr(self._redis, "aclose"):
-      await self._redis.aclose()
-    elif hasattr(self._redis, "close"):
-      close_result = self._redis.close()
-      if close_result is not None:
-        await close_result
+    aclose_method = getattr(self._redis, "aclose", None)
+    if callable(aclose_method):
+      maybe_result = aclose_method()
+      if inspect.isawaitable(maybe_result):
+        await maybe_result
+    else:
+      close_method = getattr(self._redis, "close", None)
+      if callable(close_method):
+        close_result = close_method()
+        if inspect.isawaitable(close_result):
+          await close_result
 
     self._redis = None