diff --git a/sonic-slave-buster/Dockerfile.j2 b/sonic-slave-buster/Dockerfile.j2
index 5db98a58c8..3e8dad321c 100644
--- a/sonic-slave-buster/Dockerfile.j2
+++ b/sonic-slave-buster/Dockerfile.j2
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ RUN pip2 install "lxml==4.6.2"
 RUN pip3 install "lxml==4.6.2"
 
 # For sonic-platform-common testing
-RUN pip3 install redis
+RUN pip3 install redis==3.5.3
 
 # For vs image build
 RUN pip2 install pexpect==4.6.0
diff --git a/sonic-slave-stretch/Dockerfile.j2 b/sonic-slave-stretch/Dockerfile.j2
index 5933bc4ea0..2acaaf6c9c 100644
--- a/sonic-slave-stretch/Dockerfile.j2
+++ b/sonic-slave-stretch/Dockerfile.j2
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ RUN pip3 install "lxml==4.6.2"
 
 
 # For sonic-platform-common testing
-RUN pip3 install redis
+RUN pip3 install redis==3.5.3
 
 # For vs image build
 RUN pip2 install pexpect==4.6.0