diff --git a/services/document-updater/app.coffee b/services/document-updater/app.coffee
index e246d366e8..c7840f608a 100644
--- a/services/document-updater/app.coffee
+++ b/services/document-updater/app.coffee
@@ -7,13 +7,11 @@ RedisManager = require('./app/js/RedisManager')
 UpdateManager = require('./app/js/UpdateManager')
 DispatchManager = require('./app/js/DispatchManager')
 Keys = require('./app/js/RedisKeyBuilder')
-redis = require('redis')
 Errors = require "./app/js/Errors"
 HttpController = require "./app/js/HttpController"
 
-redisConf = Settings.redis.web
-rclient = redis.createClient(redisConf.port, redisConf.host)
-rclient.auth(redisConf.password)
+redis = require("redis-sharelatex")
+rclient = redis.createClient(Settings.redis.web)
 
 Path = require "path"
 Metrics = require "metrics-sharelatex"
diff --git a/services/document-updater/app/coffee/DispatchManager.coffee b/services/document-updater/app/coffee/DispatchManager.coffee
index afb1a5d176..6078304f2a 100644
--- a/services/document-updater/app/coffee/DispatchManager.coffee
+++ b/services/document-updater/app/coffee/DispatchManager.coffee
@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
 Settings = require('settings-sharelatex')
 logger = require('logger-sharelatex')
 Keys = require('./RedisKeyBuilder')
-redis = require('redis')
 UpdateManager = require('./UpdateManager')
 Metrics = require('./Metrics')
+redis = require("redis-sharelatex")
 
 module.exports = DispatchManager =
 	createDispatcher: () ->
-		redisConf = Settings.redis.web
-		client = redis.createClient(redisConf.port, redisConf.host)
-		client.auth(redisConf.password)
-		
+		client = redis.createClient(Settings.redis.web)
+
 		worker = {
 			client: client
 			_waitForUpdateThenDispatchWorker: (callback = (error) ->) ->
diff --git a/services/document-updater/app/coffee/LockManager.coffee b/services/document-updater/app/coffee/LockManager.coffee
index a43bd84a1b..0facb8519b 100644
--- a/services/document-updater/app/coffee/LockManager.coffee
+++ b/services/document-updater/app/coffee/LockManager.coffee
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 metrics = require('./Metrics')
 Settings = require('settings-sharelatex')
-redis = require('redis')
-redisConf = Settings.redis.web
-rclient = redis.createClient(redisConf.port, redisConf.host)
-rclient.auth(redisConf.password)
+redis = require("redis-sharelatex")
+rclient = redis.createClient(Settings.redis.web)
 keys = require('./RedisKeyBuilder')
 logger = require "logger-sharelatex"
 
diff --git a/services/document-updater/app/coffee/RedisManager.coffee b/services/document-updater/app/coffee/RedisManager.coffee
index 9f3ad1bca2..6a920b42c4 100644
--- a/services/document-updater/app/coffee/RedisManager.coffee
+++ b/services/document-updater/app/coffee/RedisManager.coffee
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 Settings = require('settings-sharelatex')
-redis = require('redis')
-redisConf = Settings.redis.web
-rclient = redis.createClient(redisConf.port, redisConf.host)
-rclient.auth(redisConf.password)
+redis = require("redis-sharelatex")
+rclient = redis.createClient(Settings.redis.web)
 async = require('async')
 _ = require('underscore')
 keys = require('./RedisKeyBuilder')
diff --git a/services/document-updater/app/coffee/ShareJsUpdateManager.coffee b/services/document-updater/app/coffee/ShareJsUpdateManager.coffee
index 5f3cba4fbc..d842ccce2d 100644
--- a/services/document-updater/app/coffee/ShareJsUpdateManager.coffee
+++ b/services/document-updater/app/coffee/ShareJsUpdateManager.coffee
@@ -7,10 +7,8 @@ Keys = require "./RedisKeyBuilder"
 {EventEmitter} = require "events"
 util = require "util"
 
-redis = require('redis')
-redisConf = Settings.redis.web
-rclient = redis.createClient(redisConf.port, redisConf.host)
-rclient.auth(redisConf.password)
+redis = require("redis-sharelatex")
+rclient = redis.createClient(Settings.redis.web)
 
 ShareJsModel:: = {}
 util.inherits ShareJsModel, EventEmitter
diff --git a/services/document-updater/package.json b/services/document-updater/package.json
index d3af868c5f..29799f47c4 100644
--- a/services/document-updater/package.json
+++ b/services/document-updater/package.json
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
     "logger-sharelatex": "git+https://github.com/sharelatex/logger-sharelatex.git#v1.0.0",
     "metrics-sharelatex": "git+https://github.com/sharelatex/metrics-sharelatex.git#v1.0.0",
     "sinon": "~1.5.2",
-    "mongojs": "0.9.11"
+    "mongojs": "0.9.11",
+    "redis-sharelatex": "0.0.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "grunt-execute": "~0.1.5",