diff --git a/lib/Redis.ts b/lib/Redis.ts
index 2c654c12..5513392a 100644
--- a/lib/Redis.ts
+++ b/lib/Redis.ts
@@ -213,8 +213,19 @@ class Redis extends Commander {
           }
 
           _this.stream = stream;
-          if (typeof options.keepAlive === "number") {
-            stream.setKeepAlive(true, options.keepAlive);
+
+          if (options.noDelay) {
+            stream.setNoDelay(true);
+          }
+
+          // Node ignores setKeepAlive before connect, therefore we wait for the event:
+          // https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/31663
+          if (typeof options.keepAlive === 'number') {
+            if (stream.connecting) {
+              stream.once(CONNECT_EVENT, () => stream.setKeepAlive(true, options.keepAlive));
+            } else {
+              stream.setKeepAlive(true, options.keepAlive);
+            }
           }
 
           if (stream.connecting) {
@@ -266,10 +277,6 @@ class Redis extends Commander {
             stream.once("close", eventHandler.closeHandler(_this));
           }
 
-          if (options.noDelay) {
-            stream.setNoDelay(true);
-          }
-
           const connectionReadyHandler = function () {
             _this.removeListener("close", connectionCloseHandler);
             resolve();
diff --git a/lib/connectors/StandaloneConnector.ts b/lib/connectors/StandaloneConnector.ts
index 2a32e398..d8d9c00a 100644
--- a/lib/connectors/StandaloneConnector.ts
+++ b/lib/connectors/StandaloneConnector.ts
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ export default class StandaloneConnector extends AbstractConnector {
     const { options } = this;
     this.connecting = true;
 
-    let connectionOptions: any;
+    let connectionOptions: TcpNetConnectOpts | IpcNetConnectOpts;
     if ("path" in options && options.path) {
       connectionOptions = {
         path: options.path,
-      };
+      } as IpcNetConnectOpts;
     } else {
-      connectionOptions = {};
+      connectionOptions = {} as TcpNetConnectOpts;
       if ("port" in options && options.port != null) {
         connectionOptions.port = options.port;
       }