diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c8fe75066..ec7edcdea 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Added
 
 - Added support for REST APIs (`JSON`) via the scraper configuration
+- Enabled the _Redis_ authentication in the `docker-compose` files
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.build.yml b/docker/docker-compose.build.yml
index 6bb158ddd..933b4bc82 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.build.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.build.yml
@@ -29,8 +29,11 @@ services:
       - postgres:/var/lib/postgresql/data
   redis:
     image: redis:alpine
+    env_file:
+      - ../.env
+    command: ['redis-server', '--requirepass', $REDIS_PASSWORD]
     healthcheck:
-      test: ['CMD-SHELL', 'redis-cli ping | grep PONG']
+      test: ['CMD-SHELL', 'redis-cli --pass $REDIS_PASSWORD ping | grep PONG']
       interval: 10s
       timeout: 5s
       retries: 5
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.dev.yml b/docker/docker-compose.dev.yml
index 7c6e5e28a..a61359a53 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ services:
     image: redis:alpine
     container_name: redis
     restart: unless-stopped
+    env_file:
+      - ../.env
+    command: ['redis-server', '--requirepass', $REDIS_PASSWORD]
     ports:
       - ${REDIS_PORT:-6379}:6379
 
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.yml b/docker/docker-compose.yml
index d0be3965d..e103a71eb 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -29,8 +29,11 @@ services:
       - postgres:/var/lib/postgresql/data
   redis:
     image: redis:alpine
+    env_file:
+      - ../.env
+    command: ['redis-server', '--requirepass', $REDIS_PASSWORD]
     healthcheck:
-      test: ['CMD-SHELL', 'redis-cli ping | grep PONG']
+      test: ['CMD-SHELL', 'redis-cli --pass $REDIS_PASSWORD ping | grep PONG']
       interval: 10s
       timeout: 5s
       retries: 5