diff --git a/files/build_templates/sonic_debian_extension.j2 b/files/build_templates/sonic_debian_extension.j2
index 635084fd5414..14d49c64e5e0 100644
--- a/files/build_templates/sonic_debian_extension.j2
+++ b/files/build_templates/sonic_debian_extension.j2
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ sudo https_proxy=$https_proxy LANG=C chroot $FILESYSTEM_ROOT pip install $CONFIG
 sudo rm -rf $FILESYSTEM_ROOT/$CONFIG_ENGINE_WHEEL_NAME
 
 # Install Python client for Redis
-sudo https_proxy=$https_proxy LANG=C chroot $FILESYSTEM_ROOT pip install "redis==2.10.6"
+sudo https_proxy=$https_proxy LANG=C chroot $FILESYSTEM_ROOT pip install "redis==3.5.3"
 
 # Install redis-dump-load Python 3 package
 # Note: the scripts will be overwritten by corresponding Python 2 package
diff --git a/src/sonic-py-swsssdk b/src/sonic-py-swsssdk
index 132f8d5f1b00..a83366e827cc 160000
--- a/src/sonic-py-swsssdk
+++ b/src/sonic-py-swsssdk
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 132f8d5f1b00fb8a1b3cdbd7a5c69bb89cfff0e3
+Subproject commit a83366e827cc08dbd3d22de92773c7ef79215199