diff --git a/geneit_backend/Cargo.toml b/geneit_backend/Cargo.toml
index 78d7b38..eb02be0 100644
--- a/geneit_backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/geneit_backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ diesel = { version = "2.1.4", features = ["postgres"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.194", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.110"
 mailchecker = "6.0.1"
-redis = "0.23.3"
+redis = "0.24.0"
 lettre = "0.11.2"
 rand = "0.8.5"
 bcrypt = "0.15.0"
diff --git a/geneit_backend/src/connections/redis_connection.rs b/geneit_backend/src/connections/redis_connection.rs
index d3f8692..a2d6872 100644
--- a/geneit_backend/src/connections/redis_connection.rs
+++ b/geneit_backend/src/connections/redis_connection.rs
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ where
 {
     let value_str = serde_json::to_string(value)?;
 
-    execute_request(|conn| Ok(conn.set_ex(key, value_str, lifetime.as_secs() as usize)?))?;
+    execute_request(|conn| Ok(conn.set_ex(key, value_str, lifetime.as_secs())?))?;
 
     Ok(())
 }