diff --git a/autogpt_platform/autogpt_libs/autogpt_libs/rate_limit/config.py b/autogpt_platform/autogpt_libs/autogpt_libs/rate_limit/config.py
index 4445dee617a7..1cfa8e3ab399 100644
--- a/autogpt_platform/autogpt_libs/autogpt_libs/rate_limit/config.py
+++ b/autogpt_platform/autogpt_libs/autogpt_libs/rate_limit/config.py
@@ -3,10 +3,22 @@
 
 
 class RateLimitSettings(BaseSettings):
-    redis_url: str = Field(
+    redis_host: str = Field(
         default="redis://localhost:6379",
-        description="Redis URL for rate limiting",
-        validation_alias="RATE_LIMIT_REDIS_URL"
+        description="Redis host",
+        validation_alias="REDIS_HOST"
+    )
+
+    redis_port: str = Field(
+        default="6379",
+        description="Redis port",
+        validation_alias="REDIS_PORT"
+    )
+
+    redis_password: str = Field(
+        default="password",
+        description="Redis password",
+        validation_alias="REDIS_PASSWORD"
     )
 
     requests_per_minute: int = Field(
diff --git a/autogpt_platform/autogpt_libs/autogpt_libs/rate_limit/limiter.py b/autogpt_platform/autogpt_libs/autogpt_libs/rate_limit/limiter.py
index e612e3441ef3..5956d6c1bdc2 100644
--- a/autogpt_platform/autogpt_libs/autogpt_libs/rate_limit/limiter.py
+++ b/autogpt_platform/autogpt_libs/autogpt_libs/rate_limit/limiter.py
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 import time
-import redis
+from redis import Redis
 from typing import Tuple
 from .config import RATE_LIMIT_SETTINGS
 
 
 class RateLimiter:
-    def __init__(self, redis_url: str = RATE_LIMIT_SETTINGS.redis_url,
+    def __init__(self, redis_host: str = RATE_LIMIT_SETTINGS.redis_host,
+                 redis_port: str = RATE_LIMIT_SETTINGS.redis_port,
+                 redis_password: str = RATE_LIMIT_SETTINGS.redis_password,
                  requests_per_minute: int = RATE_LIMIT_SETTINGS.requests_per_minute):
-        self.redis = redis.from_url(redis_url)
+        self.redis = Redis(host=redis_host, port=redis_port, password=redis_password, decode_responses=True)
         self.window = 60
         self.max_requests = requests_per_minute
 
diff --git a/autogpt_platform/autogpt_libs/autogpt_libs/rate_limit/middleware.py b/autogpt_platform/autogpt_libs/autogpt_libs/rate_limit/middleware.py
index 8e663a5eff16..c244a2911af3 100644
--- a/autogpt_platform/autogpt_libs/autogpt_libs/rate_limit/middleware.py
+++ b/autogpt_platform/autogpt_libs/autogpt_libs/rate_limit/middleware.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 from fastapi import Request, HTTPException
+from starlette.middleware.base import RequestResponseEndpoint
+
 from .limiter import RateLimiter
 
 
-async def rate_limit_middleware(request: Request, call_next):
+async def rate_limit_middleware(request: Request, call_next: RequestResponseEndpoint):
     """FastAPI middleware for rate limiting API requests."""
     limiter = RateLimiter()
 
@@ -28,4 +30,4 @@ async def rate_limit_middleware(request: Request, call_next):
     response.headers["X-RateLimit-Remaining"] = str(remaining)
     response.headers["X-RateLimit-Reset"] = str(reset_time)
 
-    return response
\ No newline at end of file
+    return response