diff --git a/akka-persistence/akka-persistence-redis/pom.xml b/akka-persistence/akka-persistence-redis/pom.xml
index c6088e573b..112d4764cb 100644
--- a/akka-persistence/akka-persistence-redis/pom.xml
+++ b/akka-persistence/akka-persistence-redis/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.redis</groupId>
       <artifactId>redisclient</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.1</version>
+      <version>1.1</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/akka-persistence/akka-persistence-redis/src/main/scala/RedisStorageBackend.scala b/akka-persistence/akka-persistence-redis/src/main/scala/RedisStorageBackend.scala
index 00a44d0513..48945d6b8c 100644
--- a/akka-persistence/akka-persistence-redis/src/main/scala/RedisStorageBackend.scala
+++ b/akka-persistence/akka-persistence-redis/src/main/scala/RedisStorageBackend.scala
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ trait Encoder {
 }
 
 trait CommonsCodecBase64 {
-  val base64 = new org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64
-  
-  def encode(bytes: Array[Byte]): Array[Byte] = base64.encode(bytes)
-  def decode(bytes: Array[Byte]): Array[Byte] = base64.decode(bytes)
+  import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64._
+
+  def encode(bytes: Array[Byte]): Array[Byte] = encodeBase64(bytes)
+  def decode(bytes: Array[Byte]): Array[Byte] = decodeBase64(bytes)
 }
 
 object Base64Encoder extends Encoder with CommonsCodecBase64
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ private [akka] object RedisStorageBackend extends
   val REDIS_SERVER_HOSTNAME = config.getString("akka.storage.redis.hostname", "127.0.0.1")
   val REDIS_SERVER_PORT = config.getInt("akka.storage.redis.port", 6379)
 
-  val db = new Redis(REDIS_SERVER_HOSTNAME, REDIS_SERVER_PORT)
+  val db = new RedisClient(REDIS_SERVER_HOSTNAME, REDIS_SERVER_PORT)
   
   /**
    * Map storage in Redis.
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ private [akka] object RedisStorageBackend extends
   }
   
   def insertVectorStorageEntryFor(name: String, element: Array[Byte]) {
-    db.pushHead(new String(encode(name.getBytes)), new String(element))
+    db.lpush(new String(encode(name.getBytes)), new String(element))
   }
   
   def insertVectorStorageEntriesFor(name: String, elements: List[Array[Byte]]) {
@@ -197,11 +197,11 @@ private [akka] object RedisStorageBackend extends
   }
   
   def updateVectorStorageEntryFor(name: String, index: Int, elem: Array[Byte]) {
-    db.listSet(new String(encode(name.getBytes)), index, new String(elem))
+    db.lset(new String(encode(name.getBytes)), index, new String(elem))
   }
   
   def getVectorStorageEntryFor(name: String, index: Int): Array[Byte] = {
-    db.listIndex(new String(encode(name.getBytes)), index) match {
+    db.lindex(new String(encode(name.getBytes)), index) match {
       case None =>
         throw new Predef.NoSuchElementException(name + " does not have element at " + index)
       case Some(e) => e.getBytes
@@ -221,16 +221,16 @@ private [akka] object RedisStorageBackend extends
         if (f >= s) Math.min(count, (f - s)) else count
       }
       else count
-    db.listRange(new String(encode(name.getBytes)), s, s + cnt - 1) match {
+    db.lrange(new String(encode(name.getBytes)), s, s + cnt - 1) match {
       case None =>
         throw new Predef.NoSuchElementException(name + " does not have elements in the range specified")
       case Some(l) =>
-        l map (_.getBytes)
+        l map (_.get.getBytes)
     }
   }
   
   def getVectorStorageSizeFor(name: String): Int = {
-    db.listLength(new String(encode(name.getBytes))) match {
+    db.llen(new String(encode(name.getBytes))) match {
       case None =>
         throw new Predef.NoSuchElementException(name + " not present")
       case Some(l) => l
@@ -251,12 +251,12 @@ private [akka] object RedisStorageBackend extends
 
   // add to the end of the queue
   def enqueue(name: String, item: Array[Byte]): Boolean = {
-    db.pushTail(new String(encode(name.getBytes)), new String(item))
+    db.rpush(new String(encode(name.getBytes)), new String(item))
   }
 
   // pop from the front of the queue
   def dequeue(name: String): Option[Array[Byte]] = {
-    db.popHead(new String(encode(name.getBytes))) match {
+    db.lpop(new String(encode(name.getBytes))) match {
       case None =>
         throw new Predef.NoSuchElementException(name + " not present")
       case Some(s) =>
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ private [akka] object RedisStorageBackend extends
   
   // get the size of the queue
   def size(name: String): Int = {
-    db.listLength(new String(encode(name.getBytes))) match {
+    db.llen(new String(encode(name.getBytes))) match {
       case None =>
         throw new Predef.NoSuchElementException(name + " not present")
       case Some(l) => l
@@ -277,40 +277,49 @@ private [akka] object RedisStorageBackend extends
   // start is the item to begin, count is how many items to return
   def peek(name: String, start: Int, count: Int): List[Array[Byte]] = count match {
     case 1 =>
-      db.listIndex(new String(encode(name.getBytes)), start) match {
+      db.lindex(new String(encode(name.getBytes)), start) match {
         case None =>
           throw new Predef.NoSuchElementException("No element at " + start)
         case Some(s) =>
           List(s.getBytes)
       }
     case n =>
-      db.listRange(new String(encode(name.getBytes)), start, start + count - 1) match {
+      db.lrange(new String(encode(name.getBytes)), start, start + count - 1) match {
         case None => 
           throw new Predef.NoSuchElementException(
             "No element found between " + start + " and " + (start + count - 1))
         case Some(es) =>
-          es.map(_.getBytes)
+          es.map(_.get.getBytes)
       }
   }
   
   // completely delete the queue
   def remove(name: String): Boolean = {
-    db.delete(new String(encode(name.getBytes)))
+    db.delete(new String(encode(name.getBytes))) match {
+      case Some(1) => true
+      case _ => false
+    }
   }
   
   // add item to sorted set identified by name
   def zadd(name: String, zscore: String, item: Array[Byte]): Boolean = {
-    db.zAdd(new String(encode(name.getBytes)), zscore, new String(item))
+    db.zadd(new String(encode(name.getBytes)), zscore, new String(item)) match {
+      case Some(1) => true
+      case _ => false
+    }
   }
   
   // remove item from sorted set identified by name
   def zrem(name: String, item: Array[Byte]): Boolean = {
-    db.zRem(new String(encode(name.getBytes)), new String(item))
+    db.zrem(new String(encode(name.getBytes)), new String(item)) match {
+      case Some(1) => true
+      case _ => false
+    }
   }
   
   // cardinality of the set identified by name
   def zcard(name: String): Int = {
-    db.zCard(new String(encode(name.getBytes))) match {
+    db.zcard(new String(encode(name.getBytes))) match {
       case None =>
         throw new Predef.NoSuchElementException(name + " not present")
       case Some(l) => l
@@ -318,7 +327,7 @@ private [akka] object RedisStorageBackend extends
   }
   
   def zscore(name: String, item: Array[Byte]): String = {
-    db.zScore(new String(encode(name.getBytes)), new String(item)) match {
+    db.zscore(new String(encode(name.getBytes)), new String(item)) match {
       case None =>
         throw new Predef.NoSuchElementException(new String(item) + " not present")
       case Some(s) => s
@@ -326,11 +335,11 @@ private [akka] object RedisStorageBackend extends
   }
   
   def zrange(name: String, start: Int, end: Int): List[Array[Byte]] = {
-    db.zRange(new String(encode(name.getBytes)), start.toString, end.toString, SocketOperations.ASC, false) match {
+    db.zrange(new String(encode(name.getBytes)), start.toString, end.toString, RedisClient.ASC, false) match {
       case None => 
         throw new Predef.NoSuchElementException(name + " not present")
       case Some(s) =>
-        s.map(_.getBytes)
+        s.map(_.get.getBytes)
     }
   }
   
diff --git a/embedded-repo/com/redis/redisclient/1.0.1/redisclient-1.0.1.jar b/embedded-repo/com/redis/redisclient/1.0.1/redisclient-1.0.1.jar
deleted file mode 100644
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diff --git a/embedded-repo/com/redis/redisclient/1.1/redisclient-1.1.jar b/embedded-repo/com/redis/redisclient/1.1/redisclient-1.1.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a269f15f7a
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diff --git a/embedded-repo/com/redis/redisclient/1.0.1/redisclient-1.0.1.pom b/embedded-repo/com/redis/redisclient/1.1/redisclient-1.1.pom
similarity index 89%
rename from embedded-repo/com/redis/redisclient/1.0.1/redisclient-1.0.1.pom
rename to embedded-repo/com/redis/redisclient/1.1/redisclient-1.1.pom
index f247482f72..e1cb72559f 100755
--- a/embedded-repo/com/redis/redisclient/1.0.1/redisclient-1.0.1.pom
+++ b/embedded-repo/com/redis/redisclient/1.1/redisclient-1.1.pom
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
    <groupId>com.redis</groupId>
    <artifactId>redisclient</artifactId>
-   <version>1.0.1</version>
+   <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <packaging>jar</packaging>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>