diff --git a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/attributes/default.rb b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/attributes/default.rb
index 4c71486..1b95618 100644
--- a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/attributes/default.rb
@@ -71,4 +71,4 @@ default['gitlab']['redis']['username'] = "gitlab-redis"
 default['gitlab']['redis']['shell'] = "/bin/nologin"
 default['gitlab']['redis']['home'] = "/var/opt/gitlab/redis"
 default['gitlab']['redis']['port'] = 6379
-default['gitlab']['redis']['listen_address'] = 'localhost'
+default['gitlab']['redis']['listen_address'] = '127.0.0.1'
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