diff --git a/lifecycle/wait_for_db.py b/lifecycle/wait_for_db.py
index 7088f070f..bc880c3db 100755
--- a/lifecycle/wait_for_db.py
+++ b/lifecycle/wait_for_db.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from json import dumps
 from sys import exit as sysexit
 from sys import stderr
 from time import sleep, time
+from urllib.parse import quote_plus
 
 from psycopg2 import OperationalError, connect
 from redis import Redis
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ if CONFIG.y_bool("redis.tls", False):
     REDIS_PROTOCOL_PREFIX = "rediss://"
 REDIS_URL = (
     f"{REDIS_PROTOCOL_PREFIX}:"
-    f"{CONFIG.y('redis.password')}@{CONFIG.y('redis.host')}:"
+    f"{quote_plus(CONFIG.y('redis.password'))}@{quote_plus(CONFIG.y('redis.host'))}:"
     f"{int(CONFIG.y('redis.port'))}/{CONFIG.y('redis.ws_db')}"
 )
 while True: