diff --git a/infrastructure/dogfood/terraform/aws-tf-module/free.tf b/infrastructure/dogfood/terraform/aws-tf-module/free.tf
index 4efc3999b9..e87c2e8e77 100644
--- a/infrastructure/dogfood/terraform/aws-tf-module/free.tf
+++ b/infrastructure/dogfood/terraform/aws-tf-module/free.tf
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ module "free" {
     subnets             = module.main.vpc.database_subnets
   }
   redis_config = {
-    name = local.customer_free
+    name           = local.customer_free
+    engine_version = "8.0.mysql_aurora.3.05.2"
     log_delivery_configuration = [
       {
         destination      = "dogfood-free-redis-logs"
diff --git a/infrastructure/dogfood/terraform/aws-tf-module/main.tf b/infrastructure/dogfood/terraform/aws-tf-module/main.tf
index 2b0056fc79..a3c3614abb 100644
--- a/infrastructure/dogfood/terraform/aws-tf-module/main.tf
+++ b/infrastructure/dogfood/terraform/aws-tf-module/main.tf
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ module "main" {
   }
   rds_config = {
     name                = local.customer
+    engine_version      = "8.0.mysql_aurora.3.05.2"
     snapshot_identifier = "arn:aws:rds:us-east-2:611884880216:cluster-snapshot:a2023-03-06-pre-migration"
     db_parameters = {
       # 8mb up from 262144 (256k) default