diff --git a/libs/langchain/langchain/vectorstores/redis/base.py b/libs/langchain/langchain/vectorstores/redis/base.py
index 320c6730e30c2..830a97d1a5ce0 100644
--- a/libs/langchain/langchain/vectorstores/redis/base.py
+++ b/libs/langchain/langchain/vectorstores/redis/base.py
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ def _create_index(self, dim: int = 1536) -> None:
             )
 
         except ImportError:
-            raise ValueError(
+            raise ImportError(
                 "Could not import redis python package. "
                 "Please install it with `pip install redis`."
             )