diff --git a/.yarn/patches/@types-connect-redis-npm-0.0.18-4fd2b614d3 b/.yarn/patches/@types-connect-redis-npm-0.0.18-4fd2b614d3
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5e1e902d3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.yarn/patches/@types-connect-redis-npm-0.0.18-4fd2b614d3
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/index.d.ts b/index.d.ts
+index 413b15edf95c12b1b176279c82b3a9c3f06ade20..0158f6f7a95935acbb67aeea00cb94c241475565 100755
+--- a/index.d.ts
++++ b/index.d.ts
+@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ declare module 'connect-redis' {
+     function s(options: (options?: session.SessionOptions) => express.RequestHandler): s.RedisStore;
+ 
+     namespace s {
+-        type Client = redis.RedisClient | ioRedis.Redis | ioRedis.Cluster;
++        type Client = redis.RedisClientType | ioRedis.Redis | ioRedis.Cluster;
+         interface RedisStore extends session.Store {
+             new (options: RedisStoreOptions): RedisStore;
+             client: Client;
diff --git a/examples/angular-example/package.json b/examples/angular-example/package.json
index 35f4b3bcd6..bd5f225c7c 100644
--- a/examples/angular-example/package.json
+++ b/examples/angular-example/package.json
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^5.0.0",
     "eslint": "^8.0.0",
     "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.22.1",
-    "eslint-plugin-jsdoc": "^37.0.0",
+    "eslint-plugin-jsdoc": "^38.0.0",
     "eslint-plugin-prefer-arrow": "^1.2.3",
     "jasmine-core": "~3.6.0",
     "jasmine-spec-reporter": "~5.0.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 64d22666bd..b88254d37a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -77,13 +77,13 @@
     "eslint-plugin-compat": "^4.0.0",
     "eslint-plugin-cypress": "^2.12.1",
     "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.25.2",
-    "eslint-plugin-jest": "^25.0.0",
-    "eslint-plugin-jsdoc": "^37.0.0",
+    "eslint-plugin-jest": "^26.0.0",
+    "eslint-plugin-jsdoc": "^38.0.0",
     "eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y": "^6.4.1",
     "eslint-plugin-markdown": "^2.2.0",
     "eslint-plugin-node": "^11.1.0",
     "eslint-plugin-prefer-import": "^0.0.1",
-    "eslint-plugin-promise": "^5.1.1",
+    "eslint-plugin-promise": "^6.0.0",
     "eslint-plugin-react": "^7.22.0",
     "eslint-plugin-react-hooks": "^4.2.0",
     "events.once": "^2.0.2",
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
     ]
   },
   "resolutions": {
-    "@types/redis": "2",
+    "@types/connect-redis@0.0.18": "patch:@types/connect-redis@npm:0.0.18#.yarn/patches/@types-connect-redis-npm-0.0.18-4fd2b614d3",
     "@types/eslint@^7.2.13": "^8.2.0",
     "@types/react": "^17",
     "@types/webpack-dev-server": "^4",
diff --git a/packages/@uppy/companion/package.json b/packages/@uppy/companion/package.json
index a746fb7750..7da91a641d 100644
--- a/packages/@uppy/companion/package.json
+++ b/packages/@uppy/companion/package.json
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     "body-parser": "1.19.0",
     "chalk": "2.4.2",
     "common-tags": "1.8.0",
-    "connect-redis": "4.0.3",
+    "connect-redis": "6.1.3",
     "cookie-parser": "1.4.6",
     "cors": "^2.8.5",
     "escape-goat": "3.0.0",
@@ -55,11 +55,10 @@
     "moment-timezone": "^0.5.31",
     "morgan": "1.10.0",
     "ms": "2.1.2",
-    "node-redis-pubsub": "^5.0.0",
     "node-schedule": "1.3.2",
     "prom-client": "12.0.0",
     "purest": "3.1.0",
-    "redis": "3.1.1",
+    "redis": "4.1.0",
     "request": "2.88.2",
     "semver": "6.3.0",
     "serialize-error": "^2.1.0",
@@ -71,7 +70,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/compression": "1.7.0",
-    "@types/connect-redis": "0.0.17",
+    "@types/connect-redis": "0.0.18",
     "@types/cookie-parser": "1.4.2",
     "@types/cors": "2.8.6",
     "@types/eslint": "^8.2.0",
diff --git a/packages/@uppy/companion/src/server/emitter/redis-emitter.js b/packages/@uppy/companion/src/server/emitter/redis-emitter.js
index 58e02a322c..549d6ed3f7 100644
--- a/packages/@uppy/companion/src/server/emitter/redis-emitter.js
+++ b/packages/@uppy/companion/src/server/emitter/redis-emitter.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const NRP = require('node-redis-pubsub')
+const redis = require('redis')
 
 /**
  * This module simulates the builtin events.EventEmitter but with the use of redis.
@@ -6,10 +6,50 @@ const NRP = require('node-redis-pubsub')
  * to be distributed across.
  */
 module.exports = (redisUrl, redisPubSubScope) => {
-  const nrp = new NRP({ url: redisUrl, scope: redisPubSubScope })
+  const prefix = redisPubSubScope ? `${redisPubSubScope}:` : ''
+  const publisher = redis.createClient({ url: redisUrl })
+  let subscriber
+
+  const connectedPromise = publisher.connect().then(() => {
+    subscriber = publisher.duplicate()
+    return subscriber.connect()
+  })
+
+  const errorHandlers = new Set()
+  function errorHandler (err) {
+    if (errorHandlers.size === 0) {
+      Promise.reject(err) // trigger unhandled rejection if there are no error handlers.
+    }
+    for (const handler of errorHandlers) {
+      handler(err)
+    }
+  }
+  let runWhenConnected = (fn) => {
+    connectedPromise.then(fn).catch(errorHandler)
+  }
+  connectedPromise.then(() => {
+    runWhenConnected = fn => fn().catch(errorHandler)
+  }, (err) => {
+    runWhenConnected = () => errorHandler(err)
+  })
 
   function on (eventName, handler) {
-    nrp.on(eventName, handler)
+    function pMessageHandler (message, _channel, pattern) {
+      if (prefix + eventName === pattern) {
+        let jsonMsg = message
+        try {
+          jsonMsg = JSON.parse(message)
+        } catch (ex) {
+          if (typeof errorHandler === 'function') {
+            return errorHandler(`Invalid JSON received! Channel: ${eventName} Message: ${message}`)
+          }
+        }
+        return handler(jsonMsg, _channel)
+      }
+      return undefined
+    }
+
+    runWhenConnected(() => subscriber.pSubscribe(prefix + eventName, pMessageHandler))
   }
 
   /**
@@ -19,10 +59,11 @@ module.exports = (redisUrl, redisPubSubScope) => {
    * @param {Function} handler the handler of the event
    */
   function once (eventName, handler) {
-    const off = nrp.on(eventName, (message) => {
+    const actualHandler = (message) => {
       handler(message)
-      off()
-    })
+      removeListener(eventName, actualHandler)
+    }
+    on(eventName, actualHandler)
   }
 
   /**
@@ -32,18 +73,17 @@ module.exports = (redisUrl, redisPubSubScope) => {
    * @param {object} message the message to pass along with the event
    */
   function emit (eventName, message) {
-    return nrp.emit(eventName, message || {})
+    runWhenConnected(() => publisher.publish(prefix + eventName, message))
   }
 
   /**
    * Remove an event listener
    *
    * @param {string} eventName name of the event
-   * @param {Function} handler the handler of the event to remove
+   * @param {any} handler the handler of the event to remove
    */
   function removeListener (eventName, handler) {
-    nrp.receiver.removeListener(eventName, handler)
-    nrp.receiver.punsubscribe(`${nrp.prefix}${eventName}`)
+    runWhenConnected(() => subscriber.pUnsubscribe(`${prefix}${eventName}`, handler))
   }
 
   /**
@@ -52,8 +92,7 @@ module.exports = (redisUrl, redisPubSubScope) => {
    * @param {string} eventName name of the event
    */
   function removeAllListeners (eventName) {
-    nrp.receiver.removeAllListeners(eventName)
-    nrp.receiver.punsubscribe(`${nrp.prefix}${eventName}`)
+    runWhenConnected(() => subscriber.pUnsubscribe(`${prefix}${eventName}`))
   }
 
   return {
diff --git a/packages/@uppy/companion/src/server/redis.js b/packages/@uppy/companion/src/server/redis.js
index 4e2bf6c11d..a5ffed19a7 100644
--- a/packages/@uppy/companion/src/server/redis.js
+++ b/packages/@uppy/companion/src/server/redis.js
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ let redisClient
  */
 function createClient (opts) {
   if (!redisClient) {
-    redisClient = redis.createClient(opts)
+    // TODO: rewrite to non-legacy mode once connect-redis supports it
+    redisClient = redis.createClient({ ...opts, legacyMode: true })
   }
 
   return redisClient