diff --git a/cypress/dockerNode.ts b/cypress/dockerNode.ts
index 33c2829c9d0bb..a0ef5290487e5 100644
--- a/cypress/dockerNode.ts
+++ b/cypress/dockerNode.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import { existsSync } from 'fs'
 export const docker = new Docker()
 
 const CONTAINER_NAME = 'nextcloud-cypress-tests-server'
+const CONTAINER_NAME_REDIS = `${CONTAINER_NAME}-redis`
 const SERVER_IMAGE = 'ghcr.io/nextcloud/continuous-integration-shallow-server'
 
 /**
@@ -29,30 +30,8 @@ export const startNextcloud = async function(branch: string = getCurrentGitBranc
 		try {
 			// Pulling images
 			console.log('\nPulling images... ⏳')
-			await new Promise((resolve, reject): any => docker.pull(SERVER_IMAGE, (err, stream) => {
-				if (err) {
-					reject(err)
-				}
-				if (stream === null) {
-					reject(new Error('Could not connect to docker, ensure docker is running.'))
-					return
-				}
-
-				// https://github.com/apocas/dockerode/issues/357
-				docker.modem.followProgress(stream, onFinished)
-
-				/**
-				 *
-				 * @param err
-				 */
-				function onFinished(err) {
-					if (!err) {
-						resolve(true)
-						return
-					}
-					reject(err)
-				}
-			}))
+			await pullImage(SERVER_IMAGE)
+			await pullImage('redis')
 			console.log('└─ Done')
 		} catch (e) {
 			console.log('└─ Failed to pull images')
@@ -65,12 +44,20 @@ export const startNextcloud = async function(branch: string = getCurrentGitBranc
 			const oldContainer = docker.getContainer(CONTAINER_NAME)
 			const oldContainerData = await oldContainer.inspect()
 			if (oldContainerData) {
-				console.log('├─ Existing running container found')
-				console.log('├─ Removing... ⏳')
+				console.log('├─ Removing existing container... ⏳')
 				// Forcing any remnants to be removed just in case
 				await oldContainer.remove({ force: true })
-				console.log('└─ Done')
 			}
+
+			const oldRedisContainer = docker.getContainer(CONTAINER_NAME_REDIS)
+			const oldRedisContainerData = await oldRedisContainer.inspect()
+			if (oldRedisContainerData) {
+				console.log('├─ Removing existing redis container... ⏳')
+				// Forcing any remnants to be removed just in case
+				await oldRedisContainer.remove({ force: true })
+			}
+
+			console.log('└─ Done')
 		} catch (error) {
 			console.log('└─ None found!')
 		}
@@ -90,6 +77,12 @@ export const startNextcloud = async function(branch: string = getCurrentGitBranc
 		})
 		await container.start()
 
+		const redis = await docker.createContainer({
+			Image: 'redis',
+			name: CONTAINER_NAME_REDIS,
+		})
+		await redis.start()
+
 		// Get container's IP
 		const ip = await getContainerIP(container)
 
@@ -103,6 +96,29 @@ export const startNextcloud = async function(branch: string = getCurrentGitBranc
 	}
 }
 
+const pullImage = async function(name: string) {
+	return new Promise((resolve, reject): any => docker.pull(name, (err, stream) => {
+		if (err) {
+			reject(err)
+		}
+		if (stream === null) {
+			reject(new Error('Could not connect to docker, ensure docker is running.'))
+			return
+		}
+
+		// https://github.com/apocas/dockerode/issues/357
+		docker.modem.followProgress(stream, onFinished)
+
+		function onFinished(err) {
+			if (!err) {
+				resolve(true)
+				return
+			}
+			reject(err)
+		}
+	}))
+}
+
 /**
  * Configure Nextcloud
  */
@@ -117,9 +133,18 @@ export const configureNextcloud = async function() {
 	await runExec(container, ['php', 'occ', 'config:system:set', 'default_locale', '--value', 'en_US'], true)
 	await runExec(container, ['php', 'occ', 'config:system:set', 'force_locale', '--value', 'en_US'], true)
 	await runExec(container, ['php', 'occ', 'config:system:set', 'enforce_theme', '--value', 'light'], true)
+
 	// Speed up test and make them less flaky. If a cron execution is needed, it can be triggered manually.
 	await runExec(container, ['php', 'occ', 'background:cron'], true)
 
+	// Enable redis
+	const redis = docker.getContainer(CONTAINER_NAME_REDIS)
+	const ip = await getContainerIP(redis)
+	await runExec(container, ['php', 'occ', 'config:system:set', 'memcache.distributed', '--value', '\\OC\\Memcache\\Redis'], true)
+	await runExec(container, ['php', 'occ', 'config:system:set', 'memcache.locking', '--value', '\\OC\\Memcache\\Redis'], true)
+	await runExec(container, ['php', 'occ', 'config:system:set', 'redis', 'host', '--value', ip], true)
+	await runExec(container, ['php', 'occ', 'config:system:set', 'redis', 'port', '--value', '6379', '--type', 'integer'], true)
+
 	console.log('└─ Nextcloud is now ready to use 🎉')
 }
 
@@ -189,7 +214,10 @@ export const stopNextcloud = async function() {
 		const container = docker.getContainer(CONTAINER_NAME)
 		console.log('Stopping Nextcloud container...')
 		container.remove({ force: true })
-		console.log('└─ Nextcloud container removed 🥀')
+		console.log('├─ Removing redis container...')
+		const redis = docker.getContainer(CONTAINER_NAME_REDIS)
+		redis.remove({ force: true })
+		console.log('└─ All containers removed 🥀')
 	} catch (err) {
 		console.log(err)
 	}