diff --git a/package/redis/0003-redis.conf-adjust-defauts-for-buildroot.patch b/package/redis/0003-redis.conf-adjust-defauts-for-buildroot.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6ad81a493d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/redis/0003-redis.conf-adjust-defauts-for-buildroot.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+From f79d1d1bf9e6f54b67e5482602084fbff7fd9cc9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Gustavo Zacarias <gustavo@zacarias.com.ar>
+Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2016 12:50:34 -0300
+Subject: [PATCH] redis.conf: adjust defauts for buildroot
+
+Based on Martin Bark's patch hence archlinux package.
+We just need to specify a proper db directory.
+
+Signed-off-by: Gustavo Zacarias <gustavo@zacarias.com.ar>
+---
+ redis.conf | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/redis.conf b/redis.conf
+index 22e00bc..3bb0430 100644
+--- a/redis.conf
++++ b/redis.conf
+@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ dbfilename dump.rdb
+ # The Append Only File will also be created inside this directory.
+ #
+ # Note that you must specify a directory here, not a file name.
+-dir ./
++dir /var/lib/redis/
+ 
+ ################################# REPLICATION #################################
+ 
+-- 
+2.7.3
+
diff --git a/package/redis/0003-redis.conf-sane-defaults.patch b/package/redis/0003-redis.conf-sane-defaults.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6ee3f210ca..0000000000
--- a/package/redis/0003-redis.conf-sane-defaults.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-Taken from archlinux redis package
-See https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/community.git/tree/trunk/redis.conf-sane-defaults.patch?h=packages/redis&id=5b2491ea61b746f289acebd12bc66e337d7e5b88
-
-Signed-off-by: Martin Bark <martin@barkynet.com>
-
-=========================================================================
-diff --git a/redis.conf b/redis.conf
-index 6efb6ac..344e021 100644
---- a/redis.conf
-+++ b/redis.conf
-@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ tcp-backlog 511
- # Examples:
- #
- # bind 192.168.1.100 10.0.0.1
--# bind 127.0.0.1
-+bind 127.0.0.1
- 
- # Specify the path for the Unix socket that will be used to listen for
- # incoming connections. There is no default, so Redis will not listen
-@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ timeout 0
- # On other kernels the period depends on the kernel configuration.
- #
- # A reasonable value for this option is 60 seconds.
--tcp-keepalive 0
-+tcp-keepalive 60
- 
- # Specify the server verbosity level.
- # This can be one of:
-@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ dbfilename dump.rdb
- # The Append Only File will also be created inside this directory.
- # 
- # Note that you must specify a directory here, not a file name.
--dir ./
-+dir /var/lib/redis/
- 
- ################################# REPLICATION #################################
- 
diff --git a/package/redis/redis.hash b/package/redis/redis.hash
index 07783f545f..7e09db5dab 100644
--- a/package/redis/redis.hash
+++ b/package/redis/redis.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # From https://github.com/antirez/redis-hashes/blob/master/README
-sha1	e56b4b7e033ae8dbf311f9191cf6fdf3ae974d1c 	redis-3.0.7.tar.gz
+sha1	6f6333db6111badaa74519d743589ac4635eba7a 	redis-3.2.5.tar.gz
 # Calculated based on the hash above
-sha256	b2a791c4ea3bb7268795c45c6321ea5abcc24457178373e6a6e3be6372737f23	redis-3.0.7.tar.gz
+sha256	8509ceb1efd849d6b2346a72a8e926b5a4f6ed3cc7c3cd8d9f36b2e9ba085315	redis-3.2.5.tar.gz
diff --git a/package/redis/redis.mk b/package/redis/redis.mk
index a9df6e712f..3b70991b48 100644
--- a/package/redis/redis.mk
+++ b/package/redis/redis.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-REDIS_VERSION = 3.0.7
+REDIS_VERSION = 3.2.5
 REDIS_SITE = http://download.redis.io/releases
 REDIS_LICENSE = BSD-3c (core); MIT and BSD family licenses (Bundled components)
 REDIS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING