diff --git a/lemoncurry/msgpack.py b/lemoncurry/msgpack.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1cd399f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lemoncurry/msgpack.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import msgpack
+
+from django_redis.serializers.base import BaseSerializer
+
+
+class MSGPackModernSerializer(BaseSerializer):
+    def dumps(self, value):
+        return msgpack.dumps(value)
+
+    def loads(self, value):
+        return msgpack.loads(value)
diff --git a/lemoncurry/settings/base.py b/lemoncurry/settings/base.py
index 13e2cd7..6251921 100644
--- a/lemoncurry/settings/base.py
+++ b/lemoncurry/settings/base.py
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ CACHES = {
         'KEY_PREFIX': 'lemoncurry',
         'OPTIONS': {
             'PARSER_CLASS': 'redis.connection.HiredisParser',
-            'SERIALIZER': 'django_redis.serializers.msgpack.MSGPackSerializer',
+            'SERIALIZER': 'lemoncurry.msgpack.MSGPackModernSerializer',
         },
         'VERSION': 2,
     }