diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/cache-redis/src/cache.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/cache-redis/src/cache.rs
index d2e94d75318..e2e2656fcbb 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/crates/cache-redis/src/cache.rs
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/cache-redis/src/cache.rs
@@ -88,8 +88,6 @@ impl<S: CacheCodec> RedisCache<S> {
         Self::connect(url, &RedisTopology::Standalone, default_ttl, codec)
     }
 
-    /// The URL carries credentials, database, protocol and TLS mode. For a cluster topology its
-    /// address is replaced by each startup node; slot discovery then finds the remaining nodes.
     pub fn connect(
         url: &str,
         topology: &RedisTopology,
@@ -333,7 +331,7 @@ where
 
     async fn test_connection(&self) -> Result<CacheConnectionResult, Error> {
         match Self::run_blocking(Arc::clone(&self.connections), |connection| {
-            Ok(match redis::cmd("PING").query::<String>(connection) {
+            Ok(match connection.ping() {
                 Ok(_) => CacheConnectionResult {
                     status: CacheConnectionStatus::Success,
                     message: "Redis cache connection test successful".into(),
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/cache-redis/src/cache/connection.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/cache-redis/src/cache/connection.rs
index dc7afa296f2..1834f1d94e5 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/crates/cache-redis/src/cache/connection.rs
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/cache-redis/src/cache/connection.rs
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ impl r2d2::ManageConnection for ClusterConnectionManager {
     }
 
     fn has_broken(&self, connection: &mut Self::Connection) -> bool {
-        connection.failed || !connection.connection.check_connection()
+        connection.failed || !redis::ConnectionLike::is_open(&connection.connection)
     }
 }
 
@@ -252,6 +252,24 @@ impl ConnectionRef<'_> {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    pub(crate) fn ping(&mut self) -> Result<bool, redis::RedisError> {
+        let command = redis::cmd("PING");
+        match self {
+            Self::Node(connection) => command
+                .query::<String>(*connection)
+                .map(|response| response == "PONG"),
+            Self::Cluster(connection) => connection
+                .route_command(
+                    &command,
+                    RoutingInfo::MultiNode((
+                        MultipleNodeRoutingInfo::AllNodes,
+                        Some(ResponsePolicy::AllSucceeded),
+                    )),
+                )
+                .map(|_| true),
+        }
+    }
+
     pub(crate) fn node_text(&mut self, command: &redis::Cmd) -> Result<String, Error> {
         match self {
             Self::Node(connection) => command.query(*connection).map_err(|_| Error::Unavailable),
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/cache-redis/src/cache/operations.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/cache-redis/src/cache/operations.rs
index c6fc5eb27e6..9a7023338bf 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/crates/cache-redis/src/cache/operations.rs
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/cache-redis/src/cache/operations.rs
@@ -183,20 +183,13 @@ where
     }
 
     pub fn sync_ping(&self) -> Result<bool, Error> {
-        self.connections.execute(|connection| {
-            redis::cmd("PING")
-                .query::<String>(connection)
-                .map(|response| response == "PONG")
-                .map_err(|_| Error::Unavailable)
-        })
+        self.connections
+            .execute(|connection| connection.ping().map_err(|_| Error::Unavailable))
     }
 
     pub async fn ping(&self) -> Result<bool, Error> {
         Self::run_blocking(Arc::clone(&self.connections), |connection| {
-            redis::cmd("PING")
-                .query::<String>(connection)
-                .map(|response| response == "PONG")
-                .map_err(|_| Error::Unavailable)
+            connection.ping().map_err(|_| Error::Unavailable)
         })
         .await
     }
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/cache-redis/tests/cluster.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/cache-redis/tests/cluster.rs
index a0f51416362..2c3fc818b66 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/crates/cache-redis/tests/cluster.rs
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/cache-redis/tests/cluster.rs
@@ -330,6 +330,53 @@ async fn scan_and_scoped_flush_cover_every_primary() {
     other.async_flush_cache().await.unwrap();
 }
 
+fn ping_calls_per_node(startup: &redis::Client) -> Vec<(String, u64)> {
+    let mut connection = startup.get_connection().unwrap();
+    let nodes: String = redis::cmd("CLUSTER")
+        .arg("NODES")
+        .query(&mut connection)
+        .unwrap();
+    let mut counts: Vec<(String, u64)> = nodes
+        .lines()
+        .map(|line| {
+            let address = line.split_whitespace().nth(1).unwrap();
+            let address = address.split('@').next().unwrap();
+            let mut node = redis::Client::open(format!("redis://{address}"))
+                .unwrap()
+                .get_connection()
+                .unwrap();
+            let stats: String = redis::cmd("INFO")
+                .arg("commandstats")
+                .query(&mut node)
+                .unwrap();
+            let calls = stats
+                .lines()
+                .find_map(|stat| stat.strip_prefix("cmdstat_ping:calls="))
+                .and_then(|rest| rest.split(',').next())
+                .map_or(0, |calls| calls.parse().unwrap());
+            (address.to_string(), calls)
+        })
+        .collect();
+    counts.sort();
+    counts
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn ping_reaches_every_node() {
+    let cache = cluster_or_skip!("ping");
+    let startup = redis::Client::open(cluster_url()).unwrap();
+    let before = ping_calls_per_node(&startup);
+    assert!(before.len() >= 2, "{before:?}");
+    assert!(cache.ping().await.unwrap());
+    let after = ping_calls_per_node(&startup);
+    for ((node, calls_before), (_, calls_after)) in before.iter().zip(&after) {
+        assert!(calls_after > calls_before, "{node} was not pinged");
+    }
+    assert!(cache.sync_ping().unwrap());
+    let result = cache.test_connection().await.unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(result.status, CacheConnectionStatus::Success);
+}
+
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn counters_claims_scripts_and_sets_work_on_the_cluster() {
     let Some(counter) = counter_cache("counter") else {