diff --git a/scripts/populate_tox/config.py b/scripts/populate_tox/config.py
index 75bfeeb6ae..7ddc7ca39d 100644
--- a/scripts/populate_tox/config.py
+++ b/scripts/populate_tox/config.py
@@ -35,8 +35,10 @@
     "arq": {
         "package": "arq",
         "deps": {
-            "*": ["async-timeout", "pytest-asyncio", "fakeredis>=2.2.0,<2.8"],
+            "*": ["async-timeout", "pytest-asyncio", "fakeredis"],
             "<=0.23": ["pydantic<2"],
+            # https://github.com/cunla/fakeredis-py/issues/490
+            "py3.6,py3.7,py3.8": ["fakeredis<2.36.0"],
         },
         "num_versions": 2,
     },
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index e6568ed176..35872e9717 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -718,8 +718,9 @@ deps =
     arq-latest: arq==0.28.0
     arq: async-timeout
     arq: pytest-asyncio
-    arq: fakeredis>=2.2.0,<2.8
+    arq: fakeredis
     arq-v0.23: pydantic<2
+    {py3.6,py3.7,py3.8}-arq: fakeredis<2.36.0
 
     beam-v2.14.0: apache-beam==2.14.0
     beam-v2.73.0: apache-beam==2.73.0