diff --git a/config/akka-reference.conf b/config/akka-reference.conf
index 799d18f61d..ef36fe5cb3 100644
--- a/config/akka-reference.conf
+++ b/config/akka-reference.conf
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
 
     <redis>
       hostname = "127.0.0.1"        # IP address or hostname of the Redis instance
-      port = 27017
+      port = 6379
     </redis>
   </storage>
 </akka>