diff --git a/docs/caching.md b/docs/caching.md
index 2a193b12903..21ce410e10c 100644
--- a/docs/caching.md
+++ b/docs/caching.md
@@ -149,8 +149,9 @@ Example:
 }
 ```
 
-"options" can be [node_redis specific options](https://github.com/NodeRedis/node_redis#options-object-properties) or [ioredis specific options](https://github.com/luin/ioredis/blob/master/API.md#new-redisport-host-options) depending on what type you're using.
+"options" can be [node_redis specific options](https://github.com/redis/node-redis/blob/master/docs/client-configuration.md) or [ioredis specific options](https://github.com/luin/ioredis/blob/master/API.md#new-redisport-host-options) depending on what type you're using.
 
+If you are using node-redis v4.0.0 or newer, make sure to pass `legacyMode: true` in the "options" for the client to operate correctly.
 
 In case you want to connect to a redis-cluster using IORedis's cluster functionality, you can do that as well by doing the following:
 
diff --git a/src/cache/RedisQueryResultCache.ts b/src/cache/RedisQueryResultCache.ts
index 8c60e084fc5..61a0d14e353 100644
--- a/src/cache/RedisQueryResultCache.ts
+++ b/src/cache/RedisQueryResultCache.ts
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ export class RedisQueryResultCache implements QueryResultCache {
             } else {
                 this.client = this.redis.createClient();
             }
+            if ("v4" in this.client) {
+                await this.client.connect();
+            }
         } else if (this.clientType === "ioredis") {
             if (cacheOptions && cacheOptions.port) {
                 if (cacheOptions.options) {