diff --git a/packages/entity-cache-adapter-redis/src/GenericRedisCacher.ts b/packages/entity-cache-adapter-redis/src/GenericRedisCacher.ts
index 7fc25d4e..e9b9ddec 100644
--- a/packages/entity-cache-adapter-redis/src/GenericRedisCacher.ts
+++ b/packages/entity-cache-adapter-redis/src/GenericRedisCacher.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import {
   transformFieldsToCacheObject,
   IEntityGenericCacher,
 } from '@expo/entity';
-import { Redis } from 'ioredis';
 
 import { redisTransformerMap } from './RedisCommon';
 import wrapNativeRedisCallAsync from './errors/wrapNativeRedisCallAsync';
@@ -15,11 +14,22 @@ import wrapNativeRedisCallAsync from './errors/wrapNativeRedisCallAsync';
 // The sentinel value is distinct from any (positively) cached value.
 const DOES_NOT_EXIST_REDIS = '';
 
+export interface IRedisTransaction {
+  set(key: string, value: string, secondsToken: 'EX', seconds: number): this;
+  exec(): Promise<any>;
+}
+
+export interface IRedis {
+  mget(...args: [...keys: string[]]): Promise<(string | null)[]>;
+  multi(): IRedisTransaction;
+  del(...args: [...keys: string[]]): Promise<any>;
+}
+
 export interface GenericRedisCacheContext {
   /**
    * Instance of ioredis.Redis
    */
-  redisClient: Redis;
+  redisClient: IRedis;
 
   /**
    * TTL for caching database hits. Successive entity loads within this TTL
diff --git a/packages/entity-cache-adapter-redis/src/RedisCacheAdapter.ts b/packages/entity-cache-adapter-redis/src/RedisCacheAdapter.ts
index 6cf6b94d..7d1a8cd8 100644
--- a/packages/entity-cache-adapter-redis/src/RedisCacheAdapter.ts
+++ b/packages/entity-cache-adapter-redis/src/RedisCacheAdapter.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 import { EntityCacheAdapter, EntityConfiguration, CacheLoadResult, mapKeys } from '@expo/entity';
 import invariant from 'invariant';
-import type { Redis } from 'ioredis';
 
-import GenericRedisCacher from './GenericRedisCacher';
+import GenericRedisCacher, { IRedis } from './GenericRedisCacher';
 
 export interface RedisCacheAdapterContext {
   /**
    * Instance of ioredis.Redis
    */
-  redisClient: Redis;
+  redisClient: IRedis;
 
   /**
    * Create a key string for key parts (cache key prefix, versions, entity name, etc).
diff --git a/packages/entity-cache-adapter-redis/src/__integration-tests__/GenericRedisCacher-integration-test.ts b/packages/entity-cache-adapter-redis/src/__integration-tests__/GenericRedisCacher-integration-test.ts
index 2ae47f98..adbfd5ec 100644
--- a/packages/entity-cache-adapter-redis/src/__integration-tests__/GenericRedisCacher-integration-test.ts
+++ b/packages/entity-cache-adapter-redis/src/__integration-tests__/GenericRedisCacher-integration-test.ts
@@ -13,11 +13,12 @@ import { createRedisIntegrationTestEntityCompanionProvider } from '../testfixtur
 class TestViewerContext extends ViewerContext {}
 
 describe(GenericRedisCacher, () => {
+  const redisClient = new Redis(new URL(process.env['REDIS_URL']!).toString());
   let redisCacheAdapterContext: RedisCacheAdapterContext;
 
   beforeAll(() => {
     redisCacheAdapterContext = {
-      redisClient: new Redis(new URL(process.env['REDIS_URL']!).toString()),
+      redisClient,
       makeKeyFn(...parts: string[]): string {
         const delimiter = ':';
         const escapedParts = parts.map((part) =>
@@ -33,10 +34,10 @@ describe(GenericRedisCacher, () => {
   });
 
   beforeEach(async () => {
-    await redisCacheAdapterContext.redisClient.flushdb();
+    await redisClient.flushdb();
   });
   afterAll(async () => {
-    redisCacheAdapterContext.redisClient.disconnect();
+    redisClient.disconnect();
   });
 
   it('has correct caching and loading behavior', async () => {
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ describe(GenericRedisCacher, () => {
     ]);
     await genericRedisCacher.cacheManyAsync(objectMap);
 
-    const cachedJSON = await redisCacheAdapterContext.redisClient.get(testKey);
+    const cachedJSON = await redisClient.get(testKey);
     const cachedValue = JSON.parse(cachedJSON!);
     expect(cachedValue).toMatchObject({
       id: entity1Created.getID(),
diff --git a/packages/entity-cache-adapter-redis/src/__integration-tests__/RedisCacheAdapter-integration-test.ts b/packages/entity-cache-adapter-redis/src/__integration-tests__/RedisCacheAdapter-integration-test.ts
index 3fc1faff..f109662a 100644
--- a/packages/entity-cache-adapter-redis/src/__integration-tests__/RedisCacheAdapter-integration-test.ts
+++ b/packages/entity-cache-adapter-redis/src/__integration-tests__/RedisCacheAdapter-integration-test.ts
@@ -11,11 +11,12 @@ import { createRedisIntegrationTestEntityCompanionProvider } from '../testfixtur
 class TestViewerContext extends ViewerContext {}
 
 describe(RedisCacheAdapter, () => {
+  const redisClient = new Redis(new URL(process.env['REDIS_URL']!).toString());
   let redisCacheAdapterContext: RedisCacheAdapterContext;
 
   beforeAll(() => {
     redisCacheAdapterContext = {
-      redisClient: new Redis(new URL(process.env['REDIS_URL']!).toString()),
+      redisClient,
       makeKeyFn(...parts: string[]): string {
         const delimiter = ':';
         const escapedParts = parts.map((part) =>
@@ -31,10 +32,10 @@ describe(RedisCacheAdapter, () => {
   });
 
   beforeEach(async () => {
-    await redisCacheAdapterContext.redisClient.flushdb();
+    await redisClient.flushdb();
   });
   afterAll(async () => {
-    redisCacheAdapterContext.redisClient.disconnect();
+    redisClient.disconnect();
   });
 
   it('has correct caching behavior', async () => {
@@ -56,9 +57,7 @@ describe(RedisCacheAdapter, () => {
       .enforcing()
       .loadByIDAsync(entity1Created.getID());
 
-    const cachedJSON = await redisCacheAdapterContext.redisClient.get(
-      cacheKeyMaker('id', entity1.getID())
-    );
+    const cachedJSON = await redisClient.get(cacheKeyMaker('id', entity1.getID()));
     const cachedValue = JSON.parse(cachedJSON!);
     expect(cachedValue).toMatchObject({
       id: entity1.getID(),
@@ -73,9 +72,7 @@ describe(RedisCacheAdapter, () => {
     );
     expect(entityNonExistentResult.ok).toBe(false);
 
-    const nonExistentCachedValue = await redisCacheAdapterContext.redisClient.get(
-      cacheKeyMaker('id', nonExistentId)
-    );
+    const nonExistentCachedValue = await redisClient.get(cacheKeyMaker('id', nonExistentId));
     expect(nonExistentCachedValue).toEqual('');
 
     // load again through entities framework to ensure it reads negative result
@@ -86,9 +83,7 @@ describe(RedisCacheAdapter, () => {
 
     // invalidate from cache to ensure it invalidates correctly
     await RedisTestEntity.loader(viewerContext).invalidateFieldsAsync(entity1.getAllFields());
-    const cachedValueNull = await redisCacheAdapterContext.redisClient.get(
-      cacheKeyMaker('id', entity1.getID())
-    );
+    const cachedValueNull = await redisClient.get(cacheKeyMaker('id', entity1.getID()));
     expect(cachedValueNull).toBe(null);
   });
 
diff --git a/packages/entity-cache-adapter-redis/src/__integration-tests__/errors-test.ts b/packages/entity-cache-adapter-redis/src/__integration-tests__/errors-test.ts
index 8c91e533..aa3426d6 100644
--- a/packages/entity-cache-adapter-redis/src/__integration-tests__/errors-test.ts
+++ b/packages/entity-cache-adapter-redis/src/__integration-tests__/errors-test.ts
@@ -9,11 +9,12 @@ import { createRedisIntegrationTestEntityCompanionProvider } from '../testfixtur
 class TestViewerContext extends ViewerContext {}
 
 describe(RedisCacheAdapter, () => {
+  const redisClient = new Redis(new URL(process.env['REDIS_URL']!).toString());
   let redisCacheAdapterContext: RedisCacheAdapterContext;
 
   beforeAll(() => {
     redisCacheAdapterContext = {
-      redisClient: new Redis(new URL(process.env['REDIS_URL']!).toString()),
+      redisClient,
       makeKeyFn(...parts: string[]): string {
         const delimiter = ':';
         const escapedParts = parts.map((part) =>
@@ -29,11 +30,11 @@ describe(RedisCacheAdapter, () => {
   });
 
   beforeEach(async () => {
-    await redisCacheAdapterContext.redisClient.flushdb();
+    await redisClient.flushdb();
   });
 
   it('throws when redis is disconnected', async () => {
-    redisCacheAdapterContext.redisClient.disconnect();
+    redisClient.disconnect();
 
     const vc1 = new TestViewerContext(
       createRedisIntegrationTestEntityCompanionProvider(redisCacheAdapterContext)
diff --git a/packages/entity-full-integration-tests/src/__integration-tests__/EntityCacheInconsistency-test.ts b/packages/entity-full-integration-tests/src/__integration-tests__/EntityCacheInconsistency-test.ts
index a896e154..b9f25adc 100644
--- a/packages/entity-full-integration-tests/src/__integration-tests__/EntityCacheInconsistency-test.ts
+++ b/packages/entity-full-integration-tests/src/__integration-tests__/EntityCacheInconsistency-test.ts
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ async function dropPostgresTable(knex: Knex): Promise<void> {
 
 describe('Entity cache inconsistency', () => {
   let knexInstance: Knex;
+  const redisClient = new Redis(new URL(process.env['REDIS_URL']!).toString());
   let redisCacheAdapterContext: RedisCacheAdapterContext;
 
   beforeAll(() => {
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ describe('Entity cache inconsistency', () => {
       },
     });
     redisCacheAdapterContext = {
-      redisClient: new Redis(new URL(process.env['REDIS_URL']!).toString()),
+      redisClient,
       makeKeyFn(...parts: string[]): string {
         const delimiter = ':';
         const escapedParts = parts.map((part) =>
@@ -128,13 +129,13 @@ describe('Entity cache inconsistency', () => {
 
   beforeEach(async () => {
     await createOrTruncatePostgresTables(knexInstance);
-    await redisCacheAdapterContext.redisClient.flushdb();
+    await redisClient.flushdb();
   });
 
   afterAll(async () => {
     await dropPostgresTable(knexInstance);
     await knexInstance.destroy();
-    redisCacheAdapterContext.redisClient.disconnect();
+    redisClient.disconnect();
   });
 
   test('lots of updates in long-ish running transactions', async () => {
diff --git a/packages/entity-full-integration-tests/src/__integration-tests__/EntityEdgesIntegration-test.ts b/packages/entity-full-integration-tests/src/__integration-tests__/EntityEdgesIntegration-test.ts
index 14e56259..7cc13254 100644
--- a/packages/entity-full-integration-tests/src/__integration-tests__/EntityEdgesIntegration-test.ts
+++ b/packages/entity-full-integration-tests/src/__integration-tests__/EntityEdgesIntegration-test.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ async function dropPostgresTable(knex: Knex): Promise<void> {
 
 describe('EntityMutator.processEntityDeletionForInboundEdgesAsync', () => {
   let knexInstance: Knex;
+  const redisClient = new Redis(new URL(process.env['REDIS_URL']!).toString());
   let redisCacheAdapterContext: RedisCacheAdapterContext;
 
   beforeAll(() => {
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ describe('EntityMutator.processEntityDeletionForInboundEdgesAsync', () => {
       },
     });
     redisCacheAdapterContext = {
-      redisClient: new Redis(new URL(process.env['REDIS_URL']!).toString()),
+      redisClient,
       makeKeyFn(...parts: string[]): string {
         const delimiter = ':';
         const escapedParts = parts.map((part) =>
@@ -64,13 +65,13 @@ describe('EntityMutator.processEntityDeletionForInboundEdgesAsync', () => {
 
   beforeEach(async () => {
     await createOrTruncatePostgresTables(knexInstance);
-    await redisCacheAdapterContext.redisClient.flushdb();
+    await redisClient.flushdb();
   });
 
   afterAll(async () => {
     await dropPostgresTable(knexInstance);
     await knexInstance.destroy();
-    redisCacheAdapterContext.redisClient.disconnect();
+    redisClient.disconnect();
   });
 
   describe('EntityEdgeDeletionBehavior.INVALIDATE_CACHE', () => {
diff --git a/packages/entity-full-integration-tests/src/__integration-tests__/EntitySelfReferentialEdgesIntegration-test.ts b/packages/entity-full-integration-tests/src/__integration-tests__/EntitySelfReferentialEdgesIntegration-test.ts
index 941ce0ca..b12e6b72 100644
--- a/packages/entity-full-integration-tests/src/__integration-tests__/EntitySelfReferentialEdgesIntegration-test.ts
+++ b/packages/entity-full-integration-tests/src/__integration-tests__/EntitySelfReferentialEdgesIntegration-test.ts
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ const makeEntityClasses = async (knex: Knex, edgeDeletionBehavior: EntityEdgeDel
 };
 describe('EntityMutator.processEntityDeletionForInboundEdgesAsync', () => {
   let knexInstance: Knex;
+  const redisClient = new Redis(new URL(process.env['REDIS_URL']!).toString());
   let redisCacheAdapterContext: RedisCacheAdapterContext;
 
   beforeAll(() => {
@@ -190,7 +191,7 @@ describe('EntityMutator.processEntityDeletionForInboundEdgesAsync', () => {
       },
     });
     redisCacheAdapterContext = {
-      redisClient: new Redis(new URL(process.env['REDIS_URL']!).toString()),
+      redisClient,
       makeKeyFn(...parts: string[]): string {
         const delimiter = ':';
         const escapedParts = parts.map((part) =>
@@ -207,7 +208,7 @@ describe('EntityMutator.processEntityDeletionForInboundEdgesAsync', () => {
 
   afterAll(async () => {
     await knexInstance.destroy();
-    redisCacheAdapterContext.redisClient.disconnect();
+    redisClient.disconnect();
   });
 
   it.each([
diff --git a/packages/entity-secondary-cache-redis/src/__integration-tests__/RedisSecondaryEntityCache-integration-test.ts b/packages/entity-secondary-cache-redis/src/__integration-tests__/RedisSecondaryEntityCache-integration-test.ts
index 78cb6ecb..c5785ba0 100644
--- a/packages/entity-secondary-cache-redis/src/__integration-tests__/RedisSecondaryEntityCache-integration-test.ts
+++ b/packages/entity-secondary-cache-redis/src/__integration-tests__/RedisSecondaryEntityCache-integration-test.ts
@@ -52,11 +52,12 @@ class TestSecondaryRedisCacheLoader extends EntitySecondaryCacheLoader<
 }
 
 describe(RedisSecondaryEntityCache, () => {
+  const redisClient = new Redis(new URL(process.env['REDIS_URL']!).toString());
   let redisCacheAdapterContext: RedisCacheAdapterContext;
 
   beforeAll(() => {
     redisCacheAdapterContext = {
-      redisClient: new Redis(new URL(process.env['REDIS_URL']!).toString()),
+      redisClient,
       makeKeyFn(..._parts: string[]): string {
         throw new Error('should not be used by this test');
       },
@@ -68,10 +69,10 @@ describe(RedisSecondaryEntityCache, () => {
   });
 
   beforeEach(async () => {
-    await redisCacheAdapterContext.redisClient.flushdb();
+    await redisClient.flushdb();
   });
   afterAll(async () => {
-    redisCacheAdapterContext.redisClient.disconnect();
+    redisClient.disconnect();
   });
 
   it('Loads through secondary loader, caches, and invalidates', async () => {