diff --git a/roles/redis/defaults/main.yml b/roles/redis/defaults/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e7b6343
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/redis/defaults/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+redis_image: docker.io/redis:7
diff --git a/roles/redis/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/redis/tasks/main.yaml
index af03253..5844019 100644
--- a/roles/redis/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/redis/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -1,14 +1,28 @@
 ---
-- name: Install redis
-  ansible.builtin.package:
-    name: "redis"
+- name: Pull Redis container image
+  containers.podman.podman_image:
+    name: "{{ redis_image }}"
     state: present
 
-- name: Start the Redis Service
-  ansible.builtin.systemd:
+- name: Create directory for Redis data
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: /var/lib/redis
+    state: directory
+    owner: 1001
+    group: 1001
+    mode: '0755'
+
+- name: Run Redis as a container
+  containers.podman.podman_container:
     name: redis
-    enabled: true
+    image: "{{ redis_image }}"
     state: started
+    volumes:
+      - /var/lib/redis:/data:Z
+      - /etc/redis/redis.conf:/usr/local/etc/redis/redis.conf:Z
+    ports:
+      - "6379:6379"
+    command: ["redis-server", "/usr/local/etc/redis/redis.conf"]
 
 - name: Wait for Redis service to be accessible
   ansible.builtin.wait_for:
diff --git a/tests/redis_test.py b/tests/redis_test.py
index 2e3e1bb..8cd48e0 100644
--- a/tests/redis_test.py
+++ b/tests/redis_test.py
@@ -1,16 +1,13 @@
 import pytest
 
-
 REDIS_HOST = 'localhost'
 REDIS_PORT = 6379
 
-
 def test_redis_service(server):
     redis = server.service("redis")
     assert redis.is_running
     assert redis.is_enabled
 
-
 def test_redis_port(server):
     redis = server.addr(REDIS_HOST)
     assert redis.port(REDIS_PORT).is_reachable