diff --git a/packages/text-to-speech/src/redis.ts b/packages/text-to-speech/src/redis.ts
index 067c78627..350cb09f6 100644
--- a/packages/text-to-speech/src/redis.ts
+++ b/packages/text-to-speech/src/redis.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@ export const createRedisClient = async (url?: string, cert?: string) => {
       tls: url?.startsWith('rediss://'), // rediss:// is the protocol for TLS
       cert: cert?.replace(/\\n/g, '\n'), // replace \n with new line
       rejectUnauthorized: false, // for self-signed certs
+      connectTimeout: 10000, // 10 seconds
+      reconnectStrategy(retries: number): number | Error {
+        if (retries > 10) {
+          return new Error('Retries exhausted')
+        }
+        return 1000
+      },
     },
   })