diff --git a/src/Caching/StackExchangeRedis/src/RedisCache.cs b/src/Caching/StackExchangeRedis/src/RedisCache.cs
index 54b5fc863bf5..fb235746c48e 100644
--- a/src/Caching/StackExchangeRedis/src/RedisCache.cs
+++ b/src/Caching/StackExchangeRedis/src/RedisCache.cs
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ private void Connect()
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    _connection = await _options.ConnectionMultiplexerFactory();
+                    _connection = await _options.ConnectionMultiplexerFactory().ConfigureAwait(false);
                 }
 
                 PrepareConnection();