diff --git a/chart/templates/backend-deployment.yaml b/chart/templates/backend-deployment.yaml
index 5442533..702e9f5 100644
--- a/chart/templates/backend-deployment.yaml
+++ b/chart/templates/backend-deployment.yaml
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ spec:
                 secretKeyRef:
                   name: lunarfront-secrets
                   key: redis-url
+            - name: REDIS_KEY_PREFIX
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: lunarfront-secrets
+                  key: redis-key-prefix
             - name: JWT_SECRET
               valueFrom:
                 secretKeyRef:
diff --git a/chart/values.yaml b/chart/values.yaml
index 8a54bde..32e4b34 100644
--- a/chart/values.yaml
+++ b/chart/values.yaml
@@ -26,19 +26,6 @@ frontend:
       cpu: 200m
       memory: 128Mi
 
-valkey:
-  image:
-    repository: valkey/valkey
-    tag: "8"
-  port: 6379
-  resources:
-    requests:
-      cpu: 50m
-      memory: 64Mi
-    limits:
-      cpu: 200m
-      memory: 128Mi
-
 ingress:
   host: ""
   className: nginx
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/plugins/redis.ts b/packages/backend/src/plugins/redis.ts
index 8bc8661..80f6e33 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/plugins/redis.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/plugins/redis.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ declare module 'fastify' {
 
 export const redisPlugin = fp(async (app) => {
   const redisUrl = process.env.REDIS_URL ?? 'redis://localhost:6379'
-  const redis = new Redis(redisUrl)
+  const keyPrefix = process.env.REDIS_KEY_PREFIX ? `${process.env.REDIS_KEY_PREFIX}:` : ''
+  const redis = new Redis(redisUrl, { keyPrefix })
 
   app.decorate('redis', redis)