diff --git a/.github/workflows/platform-backend-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/platform-backend-ci.yml
index dfec689969..f962382fa5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/platform-backend-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/platform-backend-ci.yml
@@ -37,9 +37,7 @@ jobs:
 
     services:
       redis:
-        image: bitnami/redis:6.2
-        env:
-          REDIS_PASSWORD: testpassword
+        image: redis:latest
         ports:
           - 6379:6379
       rabbitmq:
@@ -204,7 +202,6 @@ jobs:
           JWT_VERIFY_KEY: ${{ steps.supabase.outputs.JWT_SECRET }}
           REDIS_HOST: "localhost"
           REDIS_PORT: "6379"
-          REDIS_PASSWORD: "testpassword"
           ENCRYPTION_KEY: "dvziYgz0KSK8FENhju0ZYi8-fRTfAdlz6YLhdB_jhNw=" # DO NOT USE IN PRODUCTION!!
 
     env:
diff --git a/autogpt_platform/autogpt_libs/autogpt_libs/rate_limit/config.py b/autogpt_platform/autogpt_libs/autogpt_libs/rate_limit/config.py
index 76c9abaa07..beafc14f24 100644
--- a/autogpt_platform/autogpt_libs/autogpt_libs/rate_limit/config.py
+++ b/autogpt_platform/autogpt_libs/autogpt_libs/rate_limit/config.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from typing import Optional
+
 from pydantic import Field
 from pydantic_settings import BaseSettings, SettingsConfigDict
 
@@ -13,8 +15,8 @@ class RateLimitSettings(BaseSettings):
         default="6379", description="Redis port", validation_alias="REDIS_PORT"
     )
 
-    redis_password: str = Field(
-        default="password",
+    redis_password: Optional[str] = Field(
+        default=None,
         description="Redis password",
         validation_alias="REDIS_PASSWORD",
     )
diff --git a/autogpt_platform/autogpt_libs/autogpt_libs/rate_limit/limiter.py b/autogpt_platform/autogpt_libs/autogpt_libs/rate_limit/limiter.py
index 7ac122429c..f86434d60b 100644
--- a/autogpt_platform/autogpt_libs/autogpt_libs/rate_limit/limiter.py
+++ b/autogpt_platform/autogpt_libs/autogpt_libs/rate_limit/limiter.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class RateLimiter:
         self,
         redis_host: str = RATE_LIMIT_SETTINGS.redis_host,
         redis_port: str = RATE_LIMIT_SETTINGS.redis_port,
-        redis_password: str = RATE_LIMIT_SETTINGS.redis_password,
+        redis_password: str | None = RATE_LIMIT_SETTINGS.redis_password,
         requests_per_minute: int = RATE_LIMIT_SETTINGS.requests_per_minute,
     ):
         self.redis = Redis(
diff --git a/autogpt_platform/backend/.env.default b/autogpt_platform/backend/.env.default
index 4655d57621..c20eef0893 100644
--- a/autogpt_platform/backend/.env.default
+++ b/autogpt_platform/backend/.env.default
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ PRISMA_SCHEMA="postgres/schema.prisma"
 # Redis Configuration
 REDIS_HOST=localhost
 REDIS_PORT=6379
-REDIS_PASSWORD=password
+# REDIS_PASSWORD=
 
 # RabbitMQ Credentials
 RABBITMQ_DEFAULT_USER=rabbitmq_user_default
diff --git a/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/data/redis_client.py b/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/data/redis_client.py
index c6225131f2..5b5d25b880 100644
--- a/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/data/redis_client.py
+++ b/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/data/redis_client.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ load_dotenv()
 
 HOST = os.getenv("REDIS_HOST", "localhost")
 PORT = int(os.getenv("REDIS_PORT", "6379"))
-PASSWORD = os.getenv("REDIS_PASSWORD", "password")
+PASSWORD = os.getenv("REDIS_PASSWORD", None)
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/autogpt_platform/docker-compose.platform.yml b/autogpt_platform/docker-compose.platform.yml
index fa911f2dbf..1f18a1b3ca 100644
--- a/autogpt_platform/docker-compose.platform.yml
+++ b/autogpt_platform/docker-compose.platform.yml
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ services:
 
   redis:
     image: redis:latest
-    command: redis-server --requirepass password
     ports:
       - "6379:6379"
     networks: