diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration.yaml b/.github/workflows/integration.yaml
index b10edf2fb4..4d9aee347b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration.yaml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ jobs:
           pip install -r requirements.txt
           pip install -r dev_requirements.txt
           if [ "${{matrix.connection-type}}" == "hiredis" ]; then
-           pip install hiredis
+           pip install "hiredis>=2.0.0,<3.0.0"
           fi
           invoke devenv
           sleep 10 # time to settle
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ jobs:
           pip install -r requirements.txt
           pip install -r dev_requirements.txt
           if [ "${{matrix.connection-type}}" == "hiredis" ]; then
-            pip install hiredis
+            pip install "hiredis>=2.0.0,<3.0.0"
           fi
           invoke devenv
           sleep 10 # time to settle
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 39cd40b807..63140b9c1a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
     keywords=["Redis", "key-value store", "database"],
     license="MIT",
-    version="5.1.0b7",
+    version="5.1.0",
     packages=find_packages(
         include=[
             "redis",
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
         "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy",
     ],
     extras_require={
-        "hiredis": ["hiredis>=1.0.0"],
+        "hiredis": ["hiredis>=1.0.0,<3.0.0"],
         "ocsp": ["cryptography>=36.0.1", "pyopenssl==23.2.1", "requests>=2.31.0"],
     },
 )