diff --git a/litellm/_redis.py b/litellm/_redis.py
index 499d713e5e4..186f8523519 100644
--- a/litellm/_redis.py
+++ b/litellm/_redis.py
@@ -675,7 +675,10 @@ def _get_redis_client_logic(**env_overrides):
         if redis_kwargs.get("startup_nodes")
         else redis.Redis
     )
-    return _coerce_redis_kwargs_types(redis_kwargs, client=coercion_client)
+    coerced_kwargs: Final = _coerce_redis_kwargs_types(redis_kwargs, client=coercion_client)
+    if coerced_kwargs.get("socket_timeout") is None:
+        coerced_kwargs["socket_timeout"] = REDIS_SOCKET_TIMEOUT
+    return coerced_kwargs
 
 
 def init_redis_cluster(redis_kwargs) -> redis.RedisCluster:
@@ -722,7 +725,6 @@ def _init_redis_sentinel(redis_kwargs) -> redis.Redis:
     sentinel_password: Final = redis_kwargs.get("sentinel_password")
     service_name: Final = redis_kwargs.get("service_name")
     connection_kwargs: Final = _get_redis_sentinel_connection_kwargs(redis_kwargs)
-    connection_kwargs.setdefault("socket_timeout", REDIS_SOCKET_TIMEOUT)
     sentinel_kwargs: Final = _sentinel_auth_kwargs(connection_kwargs, sentinel_password)
 
     if not sentinel_nodes or not service_name:
@@ -755,7 +757,6 @@ def _init_async_redis_sentinel(redis_kwargs) -> async_redis.Redis:
     sentinel_password: Final = redis_kwargs.get("sentinel_password")
     service_name: Final = redis_kwargs.get("service_name")
     connection_kwargs: Final = _get_redis_sentinel_connection_kwargs(redis_kwargs)
-    connection_kwargs.setdefault("socket_timeout", REDIS_SOCKET_TIMEOUT)
     sentinel_kwargs: Final = _sentinel_auth_kwargs(connection_kwargs, sentinel_password)
 
     if not sentinel_nodes or not service_name:
diff --git a/litellm/constants.py b/litellm/constants.py
index 6b34491efff..e78e3e36364 100644
--- a/litellm/constants.py
+++ b/litellm/constants.py
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ DEFAULT_POLLING_INTERVAL: Final = get_env_float(
 AZURE_OPERATION_POLLING_TIMEOUT: Final = get_env_int("AZURE_OPERATION_POLLING_TIMEOUT", 120)
 AZURE_DOCUMENT_INTELLIGENCE_API_VERSION: Final = str(os.getenv("AZURE_DOCUMENT_INTELLIGENCE_API_VERSION", "2024-11-30"))
 AZURE_DOCUMENT_INTELLIGENCE_DEFAULT_DPI: Final = get_env_int("AZURE_DOCUMENT_INTELLIGENCE_DEFAULT_DPI", 96)
-REDIS_SOCKET_TIMEOUT: Final = get_env_float("REDIS_SOCKET_TIMEOUT", 0.1)
+REDIS_SOCKET_TIMEOUT: Final = get_env_float("REDIS_SOCKET_TIMEOUT", 5.0)
 CACHE_WRITE_SHUTDOWN_FLUSH_TIMEOUT_SECONDS: Final[float] = 5.0
 REDIS_CONNECTION_POOL_TIMEOUT: Final = get_env_int("REDIS_CONNECTION_POOL_TIMEOUT", 5)
 REDIS_CIRCUIT_BREAKER_FAILURE_THRESHOLD: Final = get_env_int("REDIS_CIRCUIT_BREAKER_FAILURE_THRESHOLD", 5)