diff --git a/src/server/dragonfly_test.cc b/src/server/dragonfly_test.cc
index ebbba6df4242..14f3e2da1db5 100644
--- a/src/server/dragonfly_test.cc
+++ b/src/server/dragonfly_test.cc
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ TEST_F(DflyEngineTestWithRegistry, Hello) {
 
   EXPECT_THAT(
       resp.GetVec(),
-      ElementsAre("server", "redis", "version", "7.2.0", "dragonfly_version",
+      ElementsAre("server", "redis", "version", "7.4.0", "dragonfly_version",
                   ArgType(RespExpr::STRING), "proto", IntArg(2), "id", ArgType(RespExpr::INT64),
                   "mode", testing::AnyOf("standalone", "cluster"), "role", "master"));
 
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ TEST_F(DflyEngineTestWithRegistry, Hello) {
   ASSERT_THAT(resp, ArrLen(14));
   EXPECT_THAT(
       resp.GetVec(),
-      ElementsAre("server", "redis", "version", "7.2.0", "dragonfly_version",
+      ElementsAre("server", "redis", "version", "7.4.0", "dragonfly_version",
                   ArgType(RespExpr::STRING), "proto", IntArg(3), "id", ArgType(RespExpr::INT64),
                   "mode", testing::AnyOf("standalone", "cluster"), "role", "master"));
 
diff --git a/src/server/server_family.cc b/src/server/server_family.cc
index c42abdc58113..8d78de1b212b 100644
--- a/src/server/server_family.cc
+++ b/src/server/server_family.cc
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ using strings::HumanReadableNumBytes;
 
 namespace {
 
-const auto kRedisVersion = "7.2.0";
+const auto kRedisVersion = "7.4.0";
 
 using EngineFunc = void (ServerFamily::*)(CmdArgList args, const CommandContext&);
 
diff --git a/tests/dragonfly/acl_family_test.py b/tests/dragonfly/acl_family_test.py
index d41858cd8505..f9d4b3003a0e 100644
--- a/tests/dragonfly/acl_family_test.py
+++ b/tests/dragonfly/acl_family_test.py
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ async def test_acl_cat_commands_multi_exec_squash(df_factory):
         await client.execute_command(f"SET x{x} {x}")
     await client.execute_command("EXEC")
 
-    await client.close()
+    await client.aclose()
     client = aioredis.Redis(port=df.port, decode_responses=True)
 
     # NOPERM while executing multi
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ async def test_acl_cat_commands_multi_exec_squash(df_factory):
 
     with pytest.raises(redis.exceptions.NoPermissionError):
         await client.execute_command(f"SET x{x} {x}")
-    await client.close()
+    await client.aclose()
 
     # NOPERM between multi and exec
     admin_client = aioredis.Redis(port=df.port, decode_responses=True)
@@ -198,8 +198,8 @@ async def test_acl_cat_commands_multi_exec_squash(df_factory):
     logging.debug(f"Result is: {res}")
     assert res[0].args[0] == "kk ACL rules changed between the MULTI and EXEC", res
 
-    await admin_client.close()
-    await client.close()
+    await admin_client.aclose()
+    await client.aclose()
 
     # Testing acl commands
     client = aioredis.Redis(port=df.port, decode_responses=True)
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ async def test_default_user_bug(df_server):
     client = df_server.client()
 
     await client.execute_command("ACL SETUSER default -@all")
-    await client.close()
+    await client.aclose()
 
     client = df_server.client()
 
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ async def test_auth_resp3_bug(df_factory):
     await client.execute_command("ACL SETUSER kostas +@all ON >tmp")
     res = await client.execute_command("HELLO 3 AUTH kostas tmp")
     assert res["server"] == "redis"
-    assert res["version"] == "7.2.0"
+    assert res["version"] == "7.4.0"
     assert res["proto"] == 3
     assert res["mode"] == "standalone"
     assert res["role"] == "master"
diff --git a/tests/dragonfly/cluster_mgr_test.py b/tests/dragonfly/cluster_mgr_test.py
index e683e8a11add..959b72fe0acb 100644
--- a/tests/dragonfly/cluster_mgr_test.py
+++ b/tests/dragonfly/cluster_mgr_test.py
@@ -161,4 +161,4 @@ async def test_cluster_mgr(df_factory):
     for i in range(NODES):
         assert run_cluster_mgr(["--action=detach", f"--target_port={replicas[i].port}"])
     await check_cluster_data(client)
-    await client.close()
+    await client.aclose()
diff --git a/tests/dragonfly/cluster_test.py b/tests/dragonfly/cluster_test.py
index 0d7d1b044f0c..71f4080334ac 100644
--- a/tests/dragonfly/cluster_test.py
+++ b/tests/dragonfly/cluster_test.py
@@ -361,6 +361,7 @@ async def test_emulated_cluster_with_replicas(df_factory):
             "connected": True,
             "epoch": "0",
             "flags": "myself,master",
+            "hostname": "",
             "last_ping_sent": "0",
             "last_pong_rcvd": "0",
             "master_id": "-",
@@ -375,6 +376,7 @@ async def test_emulated_cluster_with_replicas(df_factory):
             "connected": True,
             "epoch": "0",
             "flags": "myself,master",
+            "hostname": "",
             "last_ping_sent": "0",
             "last_pong_rcvd": "0",
             "master_id": "-",
@@ -386,6 +388,7 @@ async def test_emulated_cluster_with_replicas(df_factory):
             "connected": True,
             "epoch": "0",
             "flags": "slave",
+            "hostname": "",
             "last_ping_sent": "0",
             "last_pong_rcvd": "0",
             "master_id": master_id,
@@ -397,6 +400,7 @@ async def test_emulated_cluster_with_replicas(df_factory):
             "connected": True,
             "epoch": "0",
             "flags": "slave",
+            "hostname": "",
             "last_ping_sent": "0",
             "last_pong_rcvd": "0",
             "master_id": master_id,
@@ -459,6 +463,7 @@ async def test_cluster_managed_service_info(df_factory):
             "connected": True,
             "epoch": "0",
             "flags": "myself,master",
+            "hostname": "",
             "last_ping_sent": "0",
             "last_pong_rcvd": "0",
             "master_id": "-",
@@ -472,6 +477,7 @@ async def test_cluster_managed_service_info(df_factory):
         "connected": True,
         "epoch": "0",
         "flags": "slave",
+        "hostname": "",
         "last_ping_sent": "0",
         "last_pong_rcvd": "0",
         "master_id": master_id,
@@ -1667,7 +1673,7 @@ async def test_all_finished():
     # Compare capture
     assert await seeder.compare(capture, nodes[0].instance.port)
 
-    await asyncio.gather(*[c.close() for c in counter_connections])
+    await asyncio.gather(*[c.aclose() for c in counter_connections])
 
 
 @dfly_args({"proactor_threads": 4, "cluster_mode": "yes"})
diff --git a/tests/dragonfly/connection_test.py b/tests/dragonfly/connection_test.py
index 6b6eb1715463..d1bddb838bce 100755
--- a/tests/dragonfly/connection_test.py
+++ b/tests/dragonfly/connection_test.py
@@ -9,7 +9,12 @@
 import random
 import ssl
 from redis import asyncio as aioredis
+import redis as base_redis
+import hiredis
+from redis.cache import CacheConfig
+
 from redis.exceptions import ConnectionError as redis_conn_error, ResponseError
+
 import async_timeout
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from aiohttp import ClientSession
@@ -436,7 +441,7 @@ async def publish_worker():
         client = aioredis.Redis(connection_pool=async_pool)
         for i in range(0, 2000):
             await client.publish("channel", f"message-{i}")
-        await client.close()
+        await client.aclose()
 
     async def channel_reader(channel: aioredis.client.PubSub):
         for i in range(0, 150):
@@ -774,7 +779,7 @@ async def test_reject_non_tls_connections_on_tls(with_tls_server_args, df_factor
     client = server.client(password="XXX")
     with pytest.raises((ResponseError)):
         await client.dbsize()
-    await client.close()
+    await client.aclose()
 
     client = server.admin_client(password="XXX")
     assert await client.dbsize() == 0
@@ -804,7 +809,7 @@ async def test_tls_reject(
 
     client = server.client(**with_tls_client_args, ssl_cert_reqs=None)
     await client.ping()
-    await client.close()
+    await client.aclose()
 
     client = server.client(**with_tls_client_args)
     with pytest.raises(redis_conn_error):
@@ -1038,3 +1043,10 @@ async def test_lib_name_ver(async_client: aioredis.Redis):
     assert len(list) == 1
     assert list[0]["lib-name"] == "dragonfly"
     assert list[0]["lib-ver"] == "1.2.3.4"
+
+
+async def test_hiredis(df_factory):
+    server = df_factory.create(proactor_threads=1)
+    server.start()
+    client = base_redis.Redis(port=server.port, protocol=3, cache_config=CacheConfig())
+    client.ping()
diff --git a/tests/dragonfly/replication_test.py b/tests/dragonfly/replication_test.py
index 1c905249750e..6efb4195892e 100644
--- a/tests/dragonfly/replication_test.py
+++ b/tests/dragonfly/replication_test.py
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ async def full_sync(replica: DflyInstance, c_replica, crash_type):
         await c_replica.execute_command("REPLICAOF localhost " + str(master.port))
         if crash_type == 0:
             await asyncio.sleep(random.random() / 100 + 0.01)
-            await c_replica.close()
+            await c_replica.aclose()
             replica.stop(kill=True)
         else:
             await wait_available_async(c_replica)
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ async def full_sync(replica: DflyInstance, c_replica, crash_type):
 
     async def stable_sync(replica, c_replica, crash_type):
         await asyncio.sleep(random.random() / 100)
-        await c_replica.close()
+        await c_replica.aclose()
         replica.stop(kill=True)
 
     await asyncio.gather(*(stable_sync(*args) for args in replicas_of_type(lambda t: t == 1)))
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ async def disconnect(replica, c_replica, crash_type):
     logging.debug("Check phase 3 replica survived")
     for replica, c_replica, _ in replicas_of_type(lambda t: t == 2):
         assert await c_replica.ping()
-        await c_replica.close()
+        await c_replica.aclose()
 
     logging.debug("Stop streaming")
     seeder.stop()
@@ -2454,7 +2454,7 @@ async def check_if_empty():
 
     await check_if_empty()
     assert await old_c_master.execute_command(f"EXISTS foo") == 1
-    await old_c_master.close()
+    await old_c_master.aclose()
 
     async def assert_body(client, result=1, state="online", node_role="slave"):
         async with async_timeout.timeout(10):
@@ -2478,7 +2478,7 @@ async def assert_body(client, result=1, state="online", node_role="slave"):
             await assert_body(client_b, result=0)
 
         index = index + 1
-        await client_b.close()
+        await client_b.aclose()
 
 
 # This Test was intorduced in response to a bug when replicating empty hash maps with
diff --git a/tests/dragonfly/requirements.txt b/tests/dragonfly/requirements.txt
index 25fb8f69e251..93e1a5c1c99c 100644
--- a/tests/dragonfly/requirements.txt
+++ b/tests/dragonfly/requirements.txt
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-async-timeout==4.0.2
+async-timeout==4.0.3
 attrs==22.1.0
 Deprecated==1.2.13
 iniconfig==1.1.1
-packaging==21.3
+packaging==23.1
 pluggy==1.0.0
 py==1.11.0
 pyparsing==3.0.9
 pytest==7.1.2
-redis==5.0.0
-tomli==2.0.2
+redis==5.2.1
+tomli==2.0.1
 wrapt==1.14.1
 pytest-asyncio==0.20.1
 pytest-repeat==0.9.3
@@ -26,3 +26,4 @@ pytest-icdiff==0.8
 pytest-timeout==2.2.0
 asyncio==3.4.3
 fakeredis[json]==2.26.2
+hiredis==2.4.0
diff --git a/tests/dragonfly/snapshot_test.py b/tests/dragonfly/snapshot_test.py
index 5101388bebbf..b8f29fe3d3da 100644
--- a/tests/dragonfly/snapshot_test.py
+++ b/tests/dragonfly/snapshot_test.py
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ async def test_big_value_serialization_memory_limit(df_factory, cont_type):
     assert info["used_memory_peak_rss"] < (one_gb * 1.3)
 
     await client.execute_command("FLUSHALL")
-    await client.close()
+    await client.aclose()
 
 
 @dfly_args(
diff --git a/tests/dragonfly/utility.py b/tests/dragonfly/utility.py
index 40f8ce1dd97e..8855d7bccbf5 100644
--- a/tests/dragonfly/utility.py
+++ b/tests/dragonfly/utility.py
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ def _make_client(self, **kwargs):
     async def _close_client(self, client):
         if not self.cluster_mode:
             await client.connection_pool.disconnect()
-        await client.close()
+        await client.aclose()
 
     async def _capture_db(self, port, target_db, keys):
         client = self._make_client(port=port, db=target_db)
diff --git a/tests/integration/async.py b/tests/integration/async.py
index 2c9926fc602b..712a90e2c8f4 100755
--- a/tests/integration/async.py
+++ b/tests/integration/async.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ async def post_to_redis(sem, db_name, index):
                 log.info(f"after pipe.execute {key_index}")
         finally:
             # log.info(f"before close {index}")
-            await redis_client.close()
+            await redis_client.aclose()
             # log.info(f"after close {index} {len(results)}")