diff --git a/files/authelia/configuration.template.yml b/files/authelia/configuration.template.yml
index dcd97e4..bb21507 100644
--- a/files/authelia/configuration.template.yml
+++ b/files/authelia/configuration.template.yml
@@ -895,9 +895,9 @@ session:
   ##
   ## Important: Kubernetes (or HA) users must read https://www.authelia.com/t/statelessness
   ##
-  # redis:
-    # host: '127.0.0.1'
-    # port: 6379
+  redis:
+     host: 'authelia_redis'
+     port: 6379
     ## Use a unix socket instead
     # host: '/var/run/redis/redis.sock'
 
diff --git a/files/authelia/docker-compose.yml.j2 b/files/authelia/docker-compose.template.yml
similarity index 60%
rename from files/authelia/docker-compose.yml.j2
rename to files/authelia/docker-compose.template.yml
index 6cdfc37..04ad110 100644
--- a/files/authelia/docker-compose.yml.j2
+++ b/files/authelia/docker-compose.template.yml
@@ -7,9 +7,19 @@ services:
     restart: 'unless-stopped'
     networks:
       - "web_proxy_network"
+      - "monitoring_network"
     volumes:
       - "{{ config_dir }}:/config"
 
+  authelia_redis:
+    image: valkey/valkey:9-alpine
+    container_name: authelia_redis
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    networks:
+      - "monitoring_network"
+
 networks:
   web_proxy_network:
     external: true
+  monitoring_network:
+    external: true
diff --git a/playbook-authelia.yml b/playbook-authelia.yml
index 7f35955..8667a87 100644
--- a/playbook-authelia.yml
+++ b/playbook-authelia.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 
     - name: "Copy docker compose file"
       ansible.builtin.template:
-        src: "./files/{{ app_name }}/docker-compose.yml.j2"
+        src: "./files/{{ app_name }}/docker-compose.template.yml"
         dest: "{{ base_dir }}/docker-compose.yml"
         owner: "{{ app_user }}"
         group: "{{ app_user }}"