diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index fc5a219d7e..7fcee34a93 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
   Thanks to O2 Graphics (@O2Graphics).
 - Fix document orientaton detection. GitLab issue #713. Thanks to
   Rob de Canha-Knight (@rssfed23) for the report and debug information.
+- Update the Redis lock connection intialization so that is works with Redis
+  versions < 5.0. GitLab issue #709. Rob de Canha-Knight (@rssfed23) for the
+  report and debug information.
 
 3.3.5 (2019-12-13)
 ==================
diff --git a/mayan/apps/lock_manager/backends/redis_lock.py b/mayan/apps/lock_manager/backends/redis_lock.py
index 2527abf1c7..2010dd8595 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/lock_manager/backends/redis_lock.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/lock_manager/backends/redis_lock.py
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ class RedisLock(LockingBackend):
     def get_redis_connection(cls):
         redis_url = setting_backend_arguments.value.get('redis_url', None)
         server = redis.from_url(url=redis_url)
-        server.client_id()
+        # Force to initialize the connection
+        server.client()
         return server
 
     @classmethod