diff --git a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/redis.rb b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/redis.rb
index 94545a1..c53fb87 100644
--- a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/redis.rb
+++ b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/redis.rb
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ group redis_user do
   gid node['gitlab']['redis']['gid']
 end
 
-user do
+user redis_user do
   uid node['gitlab']['redis']['uid']
   gid redis_user
   system true
--
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