diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d683cb5..c40f330 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "affinidi-messaging-didcomm"
-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.8.4"
 dependencies = [
  "affinidi-did-resolver-cache-sdk",
  "anyhow",
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "affinidi-messaging-helpers"
-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.8.4"
 dependencies = [
  "affinidi-did-resolver-cache-sdk",
  "affinidi-messaging-didcomm",
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "affinidi-messaging-mediator"
-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.8.4"
 dependencies = [
  "affinidi-did-resolver-cache-sdk",
  "affinidi-messaging-didcomm",
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "reqwest 0.12.9",
  "ring",
  "rustls 0.23.20",
+ "semver",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "sha256",
@@ -208,14 +209,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "affinidi-messaging-processor"
-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.8.4"
 dependencies = [
  "tokio",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "affinidi-messaging-sdk"
-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.8.4"
 dependencies = [
  "affinidi-did-resolver-cache-sdk",
  "affinidi-messaging-didcomm",
@@ -253,7 +254,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "affinidi-messaging-text-client"
-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.8.4"
 dependencies = [
  "affinidi-did-resolver-cache-sdk",
  "affinidi-messaging-didcomm",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index fb97199..0e74c8f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ members = [
 resolver = "2"
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = '0.8.3'
+version = '0.8.4'
 edition = "2021"
 authors = ["Glenn Gore <glenn@affinidi.com>"]
 description = "Affinidi Messaging"
@@ -105,3 +105,4 @@ tui-logger = { version = "0.14", features = ["tracing-support"] }
 url = "2.5"
 uuid = { version = "1.11", features = ["v4", "fast-rng"] }
 varint = "0.9"
+semver = "1.0.24"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/affinidi-messaging-mediator/Cargo.toml b/affinidi-messaging-mediator/Cargo.toml
index a3fc537..34be8ce 100644
--- a/affinidi-messaging-mediator/Cargo.toml
+++ b/affinidi-messaging-mediator/Cargo.toml
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ tower-http.workspace = true
 tracing.workspace = true
 tracing-subscriber.workspace = true
 uuid.workspace = true
+semver.workspace = true
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 console.workspace = true
diff --git a/affinidi-messaging-mediator/src/database/handlers.rs b/affinidi-messaging-mediator/src/database/handlers.rs
index 1238fab..376bac2 100644
--- a/affinidi-messaging-mediator/src/database/handlers.rs
+++ b/affinidi-messaging-mediator/src/database/handlers.rs
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@ use super::DatabaseHandler;
 use crate::common::{config::Config, errors::MediatorError};
 use deadpool_redis::Connection;
 use redis::aio::PubSub;
+use semver::{Version, VersionReq};
 use std::{fs::read_to_string, thread::sleep, time::Duration};
 use tracing::{error, event, info, Level};
 
-const REDIS_VERSION: &str = "7.2"; // required Redis version
+const REDIS_VERSION_REQ: &str = ">=7.1, <8.0";
 
 impl DatabaseHandler {
     pub async fn new(config: &Config) -> Result<Self, MediatorError> {
@@ -124,6 +125,11 @@ impl DatabaseHandler {
 
 /// Helper function to check the version of the Redis Server
 async fn _check_server_version(database: &DatabaseHandler) -> Result<String, MediatorError> {
+    let redis_version_req: VersionReq = match VersionReq::parse(REDIS_VERSION_REQ) {
+        Ok(result) => result,
+        Err(err) => panic!("Couldn't process required Redis version. Reason: {}", err),
+    };
+
     let mut conn = database.get_async_connection().await?;
     let server_info: String = match deadpool_redis::redis::cmd("INFO")
         .arg("SERVER")
@@ -156,19 +162,29 @@ async fn _check_server_version(database: &DatabaseHandler) -> Result<String, Med
         .next();
 
     if let Some(version) = server_version {
-        if version.starts_with(REDIS_VERSION) {
+        let semver_version: Version = match Version::parse(&version) {
+            Ok(result) => result,
+            Err(err) => {
+                error!("Cannot parse Redis version ({}). Reason: {}", version, err);
+                return Err(MediatorError::DatabaseError(
+                    "NA".into(),
+                    format!("Cannot parse Redis version ({}). Reason: {}", version, err),
+                ));
+            }
+        };
+        if redis_version_req.matches(&semver_version) {
             info!("Redis version is compatible: {}", version);
             Ok(version.to_owned())
         } else {
             error!(
-                "Redis version ({}) must be equal to major.minor: ({})",
-                version, REDIS_VERSION
+                "Redis version ({}) must match ({})",
+                version, REDIS_VERSION_REQ
             );
             Err(MediatorError::DatabaseError(
                 "NA".into(),
                 format!(
-                    "Redis version ({}) must be equal to major.minor: ({})",
-                    version, REDIS_VERSION
+                    "Redis version ({}) must match ({})",
+                    version, REDIS_VERSION_REQ
                 ),
             ))
         }