diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
index 79557bb9..797a2d8e 100644
--- a/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     <!-- primary library -->
     <PackageVersion Include="NetTopologySuite" Version="2.6.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.Text.Json" Version="10.0.8" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="StackExchange.Redis" Version="2.13.17" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="StackExchange.Redis" Version="3.0.0" />
     <!-- tests, etc -->
     <PackageVersion Include="BouncyCastle.Cryptography" Version="2.6.2" />
     <PackageVersion Include="coverlet.collector" Version="10.0.1" />
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="xunit.v3.runner.console" Version="3.0.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="3.1.5" />
   </ItemGroup>
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>
diff --git a/tests/NRedisStack.Tests/EndpointsFixture.cs b/tests/NRedisStack.Tests/EndpointsFixture.cs
index e3a27dac..3bec7b57 100644
--- a/tests/NRedisStack.Tests/EndpointsFixture.cs
+++ b/tests/NRedisStack.Tests/EndpointsFixture.cs
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ public ConnectionMultiplexer GetConnectionById(ConfigurationOptions configuratio
         {
             var options = configurationOptions.Clone(); // isolate before we start applying the protocol
             options.Protocol = protocol.IsResp3() ? RedisProtocol.Resp3 : RedisProtocol.Resp2;
+            options.AllowAdmin = true; // from 3.0, Execute[Async] does a better job of recognizing admin commands
             options.HighIntegrity = protocol.IsHighIntegrity();
             options.ConnectTimeout = 2000;
             if (shareConnection) options.AbortOnConnectFail = false;
@@ -170,4 +171,4 @@ public bool IsTargetConnectionExist(string id)
     {
         return redisEndpoints.ContainsKey(id);
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}