diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/fmn/templates/fmn.cfg b/roles/openshift-apps/fmn/templates/fmn.cfg
index 1e228527b6..104c1432ed 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/fmn/templates/fmn.cfg
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/fmn/templates/fmn.cfg
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ OIDC_CLIENT_ID="fmn"
 # OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET is set in the environement by the deploymentconfig
 SERVICES__FASJSON_URL=https://fasjson{{ env_suffix }}.fedoraproject.org
 SERVICES__DISTGIT_URL=https://src{{ env_suffix }}.fedoraproject.org
-CACHE__URL="redis://redis.fmn.svc.cluster.local/?digestmod=sha1&socket_connect_timeout=0.5"
+CACHE__URL="redis://redis.fmn.svc.cluster.local/?digestmod=sha1&socket_connect_timeout=0.5&socket_keepalive=True"