diff --git a/dpaste/settings.py b/dpaste/settings.py
index e709c29..251acf9 100644
--- a/dpaste/settings.py
+++ b/dpaste/settings.py
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS += (
 )
 
 INSTALLED_APPS = (
-    'django.contrib.sessions',
     'django.contrib.staticfiles',
     'mptt',
     'south',
@@ -114,6 +113,18 @@ DATABASES = {
     }
 }
 
+SESSION_ENGINE = 'django.contrib.sessions.backends.cache'
+
+CACHES = {
+    "default": {
+        "BACKEND": "redis_cache.cache.RedisCache",
+        "LOCATION": "127.0.0.1:6379:1",
+        "OPTIONS": {
+            "CLIENT_CLASS": "redis_cache.client.DefaultClient",
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #==============================================================================
 # App specific settings
 #==============================================================================
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1f63924..b03c1db 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-django==1.5.2
+django==1.5.4
 django-mptt==0.6.0
+django-redis==3.3
 pygments==1.6
 south==0.8.2
-requests==1.2.3
+requests==2.0.0
 
 # Deployment specific
-#mysql-python==1.2.4
-gunicorn==17.5
+gunicorn==18.0
+mysql-python==1.2.4
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