diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 33d5f6b..a860166 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ This repository allows you to quickly install Redis into a [DDEV](https://ddev.r
 1. `ddev get ddev/ddev-redis`
 2. `ddev restart`
 
+Using DDEV v1.23.4+, you can select a different Redis version with:
+
+1. `ddev get ddev/ddev-redis --environment="REDIS_VERSION=7"`
+2. `ddev restart`
+
 ## Explanation
 
 This Redis recipe for [DDEV](https://ddev.readthedocs.io) installs a [`.ddev/docker-compose.redis.yaml`](docker-compose.redis.yaml) using the `redis` Docker image.
diff --git a/docker-compose.redis.yaml b/docker-compose.redis.yaml
index 94f2ecb..a2e6612 100644
--- a/docker-compose.redis.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.redis.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 services:
   redis:
     container_name: ddev-${DDEV_SITENAME}-redis
-    image: redis:6-bullseye
+    image: redis:${REDIS_VERSION:6-bullseye}
     # These labels ensure this service is discoverable by ddev.
     labels:
       com.ddev.site-name: ${DDEV_SITENAME}