diff --git a/awx/settings/defaults.py b/awx/settings/defaults.py
index ddeb7308e4..59ea79f112 100644
--- a/awx/settings/defaults.py
+++ b/awx/settings/defaults.py
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ CELERYBEAT_SCHEDULE = {
 
 # Django Caching Configuration
 DJANGO_REDIS_IGNORE_EXCEPTIONS = True
-CACHES = {'default': {'BACKEND': 'awx.main.cache.AWXRedisCache', 'LOCATION': 'unix:/var/run/redis/redis.sock?db=1'}}
+CACHES = {'default': {'BACKEND': 'awx.main.cache.AWXRedisCache', 'LOCATION': 'unix:///var/run/redis/redis.sock?db=1'}}
 
 # Social Auth configuration.
 SOCIAL_AUTH_STRATEGY = 'social_django.strategy.DjangoStrategy'