diff --git a/doc/changelog.rst b/doc/changelog.rst
index f57d3d74a..6e9fb8d27 100644
--- a/doc/changelog.rst
+++ b/doc/changelog.rst
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Description
 
 A full list of changes and detailed notes can be found below:
 
+- Migrate from redis-py-cluster to redis-py
 - Update full test suite to not require a TF wheel at test time
 - Update doc strings
 - Remove deprecated code
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ A full list of changes and detailed notes can be found below:
 
 Detailed notes
 
+- Migrate from redis-py-cluster to redis-py for cluster status checks (PR292_)
 - Update full test suite to no longer require a tensorflow wheel to be available
   at test time. (PR291_)
 - Correct spelling of colocated in doc strings (PR290_)
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@ codes. These have now all been updated. (PR284_)
 - Orchestrator and Colocated DB now accept a list of interfaces to bind to. The
 argument name is still `interface` for backward compatibility reasons. (PR281_)
 
+.. _PR292: https://github.com/CrayLabs/SmartSim/pull/292
 .. _PR291: https://github.com/CrayLabs/SmartSim/pull/291
 .. _PR290: https://github.com/CrayLabs/SmartSim/pull/290
 .. _PR289: https://github.com/CrayLabs/SmartSim/pull/289
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3930c2bd8..1da8add87 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ psutil>=5.7.2
 coloredlogs>=10.0
 tabulate>=0.8.9
 smartredis>=0.4.0
-redis==3.5.3
-redis-py-cluster==2.1.3
+redis>=4.5
 tqdm>=4.50.2
 filelock>=3.4.2
 protobuf~=3.20
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 66fd5edae..9a4499ae8 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -163,8 +163,7 @@ def has_ext_modules(_placeholder):
     "psutil>=5.7.2",
     "coloredlogs>=10.0",
     "tabulate>=0.8.9",
-    "redis-py-cluster==2.1.3",
-    "redis==3.5.3",
+    "redis>=4.5",
     "tqdm>=4.50.2",
     "filelock>=3.4.2",
     "protobuf~=3.20",
diff --git a/smartsim/_core/utils/redis.py b/smartsim/_core/utils/redis.py
index 5eb849a4b..7755bc1d1 100644
--- a/smartsim/_core/utils/redis.py
+++ b/smartsim/_core/utils/redis.py
@@ -26,10 +26,11 @@
 
 import logging
 import time
+from itertools import product
 
 import redis
-from rediscluster import RedisCluster
-from rediscluster.exceptions import ClusterDownError, RedisClusterException
+from redis.cluster import RedisCluster, ClusterNode
+from redis.exceptions import ClusterDownError, RedisClusterException
 from smartredis import Client
 from smartredis.error import RedisReplyError
 
@@ -90,20 +91,18 @@ def check_cluster_status(hosts, ports, trials=10):  # cov-wlm
 
     :raises SmartSimError: If cluster status cannot be verified
     """
-    host_list = []
-    for host in hosts:
-        for port in ports:
-            host_dict = dict()
-            host_dict["host"] = get_ip_from_host(host)
-            host_dict["port"] = port
-            host_list.append(host_dict)
+    cluster_nodes = [ClusterNode(get_ip_from_host(host), port)
+                     for host, port in product(hosts, ports)]
+
+    if not cluster_nodes:
+        raise SSInternalError("No cluster nodes have been set for database status check.")
 
     logger.debug("Beginning database cluster status check...")
     while trials > 0:
         # wait for cluster to spin up
         time.sleep(5)
         try:
-            redis_tester = RedisCluster(startup_nodes=host_list)
+            redis_tester = RedisCluster(startup_nodes=cluster_nodes)
             redis_tester.set("__test__", "__test__")
             redis_tester.delete("__test__")
             logger.debug("Cluster status verified")