diff --git a/registrar/settings/devstack.py b/registrar/settings/devstack.py
index 171a281a..9150aec3 100644
--- a/registrar/settings/devstack.py
+++ b/registrar/settings/devstack.py
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@
 
 CACHES = {
     'default': {
-        'BACKEND': 'django.core.cache.backends.memcached.MemcachedCache',
+        'BACKEND': 'django.core.cache.backends.memcached.PyMemcacheCache',
         'LOCATION': os.environ.get('CACHE_LOCATION', 'memcached:11211'),
+        "OPTIONS": {"no_delay": True, "ignore_exec": True, "use_pooling": True},
     }
 }