diff --git a/cache/stores/redis/addinstanceform.php b/cache/stores/redis/addinstanceform.php
index cdd9ed653a34a..db51ab62ea5f3 100644
--- a/cache/stores/redis/addinstanceform.php
+++ b/cache/stores/redis/addinstanceform.php
@@ -72,5 +72,10 @@ protected function configuration_definition() {
         $form->addHelpButton('compressor', 'usecompressor', 'cachestore_redis');
         $form->setDefault('compressor', cachestore_redis::COMPRESSOR_NONE);
         $form->setType('compressor', PARAM_INT);
+
+        $form->addElement('text', 'connectiontimeout', get_string('connectiontimeout', 'cachestore_redis'));
+        $form->addHelpButton('connectiontimeout', 'connectiontimeout', 'cachestore_redis');
+        $form->setDefault('connectiontimeout', cachestore_redis::CONNECTION_TIMEOUT);
+        $form->setType('connectiontimeout', PARAM_INT);
     }
 }
diff --git a/cache/stores/redis/lang/en/cachestore_redis.php b/cache/stores/redis/lang/en/cachestore_redis.php
index 7b6cddb30c9c8..5402ce4b89cdd 100644
--- a/cache/stores/redis/lang/en/cachestore_redis.php
+++ b/cache/stores/redis/lang/en/cachestore_redis.php
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 $string['compressor_none'] = 'No compression.';
 $string['compressor_php_gzip'] = 'Use gzip compression.';
 $string['compressor_php_zstd'] = 'Use Zstandard compression.';
+$string['connectiontimeout'] = 'Connection timeout';
+$string['connectiontimeout_help'] = 'This sets the timeout when attempting to connect to the Redis server.';
 $string['encrypt_connection'] = 'Use TLS encryption.';
 $string['encrypt_connection_help'] = 'Use TLS to connect to Redis. Do not use \'tls://\' in the hostname for Redis, use this option instead.';
 $string['ca_file'] = 'CA file path';
diff --git a/cache/stores/redis/lib.php b/cache/stores/redis/lib.php
index ebb5a1df2b655..d27303fc31cd1 100644
--- a/cache/stores/redis/lib.php
+++ b/cache/stores/redis/lib.php
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class cachestore_redis extends cache_store implements cache_is_key_aware, cache_
     const TTL_EXPIRE_BATCH = 10000;
 
     /** @var int The number of seconds to wait for a connection or response from the Redis server. */
-    const CONNECTION_TIMEOUT = 10;
+    const CONNECTION_TIMEOUT = 3;
 
     /**
      * Name of this store.
@@ -115,6 +115,14 @@ class cachestore_redis extends cache_store implements cache_is_key_aware, cache_
      */
     protected $compressor = self::COMPRESSOR_NONE;
 
+
+    /**
+     * The number of seconds to wait for a connection or response from the Redis server.
+     *
+     * @var int
+     */
+    protected $connectiontimeout = self::CONNECTION_TIMEOUT;
+
     /**
      * Bytes read or written by last call to set()/get() or set_many()/get_many().
      *
@@ -192,6 +200,9 @@ public function __construct($name, array $configuration = array()) {
         if (array_key_exists('compressor', $configuration)) {
             $this->compressor = (int)$configuration['compressor'];
         }
+        if (array_key_exists('connectiontimeout', $configuration)) {
+            $this->connectiontimeout = (int)$configuration['connectiontimeout'];
+        }
         if (array_key_exists('lockwait', $configuration)) {
             $this->lockwait = (int)$configuration['lockwait'];
         }
@@ -247,10 +258,10 @@ protected function new_redis(array $configuration): \Redis {
             $connection = $redis->connect(
                 $server,
                 $port,
-                self::CONNECTION_TIMEOUT, // Timeout.
+                $this->connectiontimeout, // Timeout.
                 null,
                 100, // Retry interval.
-                self::CONNECTION_TIMEOUT, // Read timeout.
+                $this->connectiontimeout, // Read timeout.
                 $opts,
             );
             if ($connection) {
@@ -797,6 +808,7 @@ public static function config_get_configuration_array($data) {
             'password' => $data->password,
             'serializer' => $data->serializer,
             'compressor' => $data->compressor,
+            'connectiontimeout' => $data->connectiontimeout,
             'encryption' => $data->encryption,
             'cafile' => $data->cafile,
         );
@@ -820,6 +832,9 @@ public static function config_set_edit_form_data(moodleform $editform, array $co
         if (!empty($config['compressor'])) {
             $data['compressor'] = $config['compressor'];
         }
+        if (!empty($config['connectiontimeout'])) {
+            $data['connectiontimeout'] = $config['connectiontimeout'];
+        }
         if (!empty($config['encryption'])) {
             $data['encryption'] = $config['encryption'];
         }