diff --git a/openslides/utils/redis.py b/openslides/utils/redis.py
index 4c385d4eb..bfe48e09a 100644
--- a/openslides/utils/redis.py
+++ b/openslides/utils/redis.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+import asyncio
 from typing import Any
 
+from channels_redis.core import ConnectionPool
 from django.conf import settings
 
 
@@ -13,6 +15,10 @@ else:
     use_redis = bool(redis_address)
 
 
+pool = ConnectionPool({"address": redis_address})
+semaphore = asyncio.Semaphore(100)
+
+
 class RedisConnectionContextManager:
     """
     Async context manager for connections
@@ -20,19 +26,18 @@ class RedisConnectionContextManager:
 
     # TODO: contextlib.asynccontextmanager can be used in python 3.7
 
-    def __init__(self, redis_address: str) -> None:
-        self.redis_address = redis_address
-
     async def __aenter__(self) -> "aioredis.RedisConnection":
-        self.conn = await aioredis.create_redis(self.redis_address)
+        await semaphore.acquire()
+        self.conn = await pool.pop()
         return self.conn
 
     async def __aexit__(self, exc_type: Any, exc: Any, tb: Any) -> None:
-        self.conn.close()
+        pool.push(self.conn)
+        semaphore.release()
 
 
 def get_connection() -> RedisConnectionContextManager:
     """
     Returns contextmanager for a redis connection.
     """
-    return RedisConnectionContextManager(redis_address)
+    return RedisConnectionContextManager()