diff --git a/asset-transfer-basic/rest-api-typescript/README.md b/asset-transfer-basic/rest-api-typescript/README.md
index 2677b6db..eece4914 100644
--- a/asset-transfer-basic/rest-api-typescript/README.md
+++ b/asset-transfer-basic/rest-api-typescript/README.md
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ TEST_NETWORK_HOME=$HOME/fabric-samples/test-network npm run generateEnv
 Start a Redis server (Redis is used to store the queue of submit transactions)
 
 ```shell
+export REDIS_PASSWORD=$(uuidgen)
 npm run start:redis
 ```
 
@@ -147,6 +148,7 @@ TEST_NETWORK_HOME=$HOME/fabric-samples/test-network AS_LOCAL_HOST=false npm run
 Start the sample REST server and Redis server
 
 ```shell
+export REDIS_PASSWORD=$(uuidgen)
 docker-compose up -d
 ```
 
diff --git a/asset-transfer-basic/rest-api-typescript/docker-compose.yaml b/asset-transfer-basic/rest-api-typescript/docker-compose.yaml
index 0ef763dc..3060b591 100644
--- a/asset-transfer-basic/rest-api-typescript/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/asset-transfer-basic/rest-api-typescript/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ version: '3'
 services:
   redis: 
     image: 'redis'
+    command: ['--maxmemory-policy','noeviction','--requirepass','${REDIS_PASSWORD}']
     ports:
       - 6379:6379
     networks:
@@ -12,9 +13,11 @@ services:
     image: 'ghcr.io/hyperledger/fabric-rest-sample:latest'
     command: ['start:dotenv']
     ports:
-        - 3000:3000
+      - 3000:3000
     env_file:
-        - ./.env
+      - ./.env
+    environment:
+      - REDIS_PASSWORD
     networks:
         - fabric_test
 
diff --git a/asset-transfer-basic/rest-api-typescript/package.json b/asset-transfer-basic/rest-api-typescript/package.json
index c8350cd0..82cbcb07 100644
--- a/asset-transfer-basic/rest-api-typescript/package.json
+++ b/asset-transfer-basic/rest-api-typescript/package.json
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
     "start": "node --require source-map-support/register ./dist",
     "start:dotenv": "node --require source-map-support/register --require dotenv/config ./dist",
     "start:dev": "node --require source-map-support/register --require dotenv/config ./dist | pino-pretty",
-    "start:redis": "docker run -p 6379:6379 --name fabric-sample-redis -d redis --maxmemory-policy noeviction",
+    "start:redis": "docker run -p 6379:6379 --name fabric-sample-redis -d redis --maxmemory-policy noeviction --requirepass \"${REDIS_PASSWORD}\"",
     "test": "jest"
   },
   "author": "Hyperledger",