diff --git a/docker/actinia-core-alpine/Dockerfile b/docker/actinia-core-alpine/Dockerfile
index 209306be..d8646ff3 100644
--- a/docker/actinia-core-alpine/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/actinia-core-alpine/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM mundialis/actinia:alpine-dependencies-2024-08-14 as build-base
+FROM mundialis/actinia:alpine-dependencies-2024-12-14 as build-base
 FROM osgeo/grass-gis:releasebranch_8_4-alpine as grass
 
 FROM build-base as requirements
diff --git a/docker/actinia-core-tests/Dockerfile b/docker/actinia-core-tests/Dockerfile
index 2cc8b07a..71260874 100644
--- a/docker/actinia-core-tests/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/actinia-core-tests/Dockerfile
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ RUN grass --tmp-location EPSG:4326 --exec g.extension -s extension=r.colors.out_
 # DL3013 # Pin versions in pip
 # DL3018: Pin versions in apk add
 # hadolint ignore=DL3013,DL3018
-RUN apk add --no-cache redis &&  \
+RUN apk add --no-cache valkey &&  \
     pip install --no-cache-dir pytest pytest-cov iniconfig
 
 # uninstall actinia-core and directories from FROM-image
diff --git a/tests_with_redis.sh b/tests_with_redis.sh
index 49dd7b84..09299455 100755
--- a/tests_with_redis.sh
+++ b/tests_with_redis.sh
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ run_tests_worker (){
   mv ${DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH}_tmp ${DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH}
 }
 
-# start redis server
-redis-server &
+# start valkey server
+valkey-server &
 sleep 1
-redis-cli ping
+valkey-cli ping
 
 # start webhook server
 webhook-server --host "0.0.0.0" --port "5005" &
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ else
   TEST_RES=$?
 fi
 
-# stop redis server
-redis-cli shutdown
+# stop valkey server
+valkey-cli shutdown
 
 # stop webhook server
 curl http://0.0.0.0:5005/shutdown