diff --git a/src/main/java/org/swisspush/reststorage/DefaultRedisProvider.java b/src/main/java/org/swisspush/reststorage/DefaultRedisProvider.java
index 31fb882..c097e40 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/swisspush/reststorage/DefaultRedisProvider.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/swisspush/reststorage/DefaultRedisProvider.java
@@ -84,8 +84,9 @@ private String createConnectString() {
         StringBuilder connectionStringBuilder = new StringBuilder();
         connectionStringBuilder.append(configuration.isRedisEnableTls() ? "rediss://" : "redis://");
         String redisUser = configuration.getRedisUser();
-        if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(redisUser)) {
-            connectionStringBuilder.append(configuration.getRedisUser()).append(":").append(configuration.getRedisAuth()).append("@");
+        String redisPassword = configuration.getRedisPassword();
+        if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(redisUser) && StringUtils.isNotEmpty(redisPassword)) {
+            connectionStringBuilder.append(configuration.getRedisUser()).append(":").append(redisPassword).append("@");
         }
         connectionStringBuilder.append(configuration.getRedisHost()).append(":").append(configuration.getRedisPort());
         return connectionStringBuilder.toString();
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/swisspush/reststorage/util/ModuleConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/org/swisspush/reststorage/util/ModuleConfiguration.java
index edae053..e6f5f62 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/swisspush/reststorage/util/ModuleConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/swisspush/reststorage/util/ModuleConfiguration.java
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package org.swisspush.reststorage.util;
 
 import io.vertx.core.json.JsonObject;
-import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -33,7 +32,12 @@ public enum StorageType {
     private String redisHost = "localhost";
     private int redisPort = 6379;
     private boolean redisEnableTls;
+    /**
+     * @deprecated Instance authentication is considered as legacy. With Redis from 6.x on the ACL authentication method should be used.
+     */
+    @Deprecated(since = "3.0.17")
     private String redisAuth = null;
+    private String redisPassword = null;
     private String redisUser = null;
     private String expirablePrefix = "rest-storage:expirable";
     private String resourcesPrefix = "rest-storage:resources";
@@ -121,11 +125,17 @@ public ModuleConfiguration redisEnableTls(boolean redisEnableTls) {
         return this;
     }
 
+    @Deprecated(since = "3.0.17")
     public ModuleConfiguration redisAuth(String redisAuth) {
         this.redisAuth = redisAuth;
         return this;
     }
 
+    public ModuleConfiguration redisPassword(String redisPassword) {
+        this.redisPassword = redisPassword;
+        return this;
+    }
+
     public ModuleConfiguration redisUser(String redisUser) {
         this.redisUser = redisUser;
         return this;
@@ -257,6 +267,10 @@ public String getRedisAuth() {
         return redisAuth;
     }
 
+    public String getRedisPassword() {
+        return redisPassword;
+    }
+
     public String getRedisUser() {
         return redisUser;
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/swisspush/reststorage/util/ModuleConfigurationTest.java b/src/test/java/org/swisspush/reststorage/util/ModuleConfigurationTest.java
index cc2ab00..5f3a0c8 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/swisspush/reststorage/util/ModuleConfigurationTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/swisspush/reststorage/util/ModuleConfigurationTest.java
@@ -129,6 +129,8 @@ public void testGetDefaultAsJsonObject(TestContext testContext){
         testContext.assertEquals(json.getInteger("redisPort"), 6379);
         testContext.assertEquals(json.getInteger("maxRedisWaitingHandlers"), 2048);
         testContext.assertNull(json.getString("redisAuth"));
+        testContext.assertNull(json.getString("redisPassword"));
+        testContext.assertNull(json.getString("redisUser"));
         testContext.assertEquals(json.getString("expirablePrefix"), "rest-storage:expirable");
         testContext.assertEquals(json.getString("resourcesPrefix"), "rest-storage:resources");
         testContext.assertEquals(json.getString("collectionsPrefix"), "rest-storage:collections");