diff --git a/broadcaster/_backends/redis.py b/broadcaster/_backends/redis.py
index 2c4aeba..7074d35 100644
--- a/broadcaster/_backends/redis.py
+++ b/broadcaster/_backends/redis.py
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-import typing
+from typing import Any
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
-import asyncio_redis
+import redis.asyncio as redis
+from redis.asyncio.client import PubSub
 
 from .._base import Event
 from .base import BroadcastBackend
+import asyncio
 
 
 class RedisBackend(BroadcastBackend):
@@ -13,26 +15,47 @@ def __init__(self, url: str):
         self._host = parsed_url.hostname or "localhost"
         self._port = parsed_url.port or 6379
         self._password = parsed_url.password or None
+        self._ssl = parsed_url.scheme == "rediss"
+        self.kwargs = {
+            "host": self._host,
+            "port": self._port,
+            "password": self._password,
+            "ssl": self._ssl,
+        }
+
+        self._sub_conn: PubSub | None = None
+        self._pub_conn: PubSub | None = None
 
     async def connect(self) -> None:
-        kwargs = {"host": self._host, "port": self._port, "password": self._password}
-        self._pub_conn = await asyncio_redis.Connection.create(**kwargs)
-        self._sub_conn = await asyncio_redis.Connection.create(**kwargs)
-        self._subscriber = await self._sub_conn.start_subscribe()
+        self._pub_conn = redis.Redis(**self.kwargs).pubsub()
+        self._sub_conn = redis.Redis(**self.kwargs).pubsub()
 
     async def disconnect(self) -> None:
-        self._pub_conn.close()
-        self._sub_conn.close()
+        await self._pub_conn.close()
+        await self._sub_conn.close()
 
     async def subscribe(self, channel: str) -> None:
-        await self._subscriber.subscribe([channel])
+        await self._sub_conn.subscribe(channel)
 
     async def unsubscribe(self, channel: str) -> None:
-        await self._subscriber.unsubscribe([channel])
+        await self._sub_conn.unsubscribe(channel)
 
-    async def publish(self, channel: str, message: typing.Any) -> None:
-        await self._pub_conn.publish(channel, message)
+    async def publish(self, channel: str, message: Any) -> None:
+        try:
+            await self._pub_conn.execute_command("PUBLISH", channel, message)
+        except (redis.ConnectionError, redis.TimeoutError):
+            await asyncio.sleep(1)
+            self._pub_conn = redis.Redis(**self.kwargs).pubsub()
+            await self.publish(channel, message)
 
     async def next_published(self) -> Event:
-        message = await self._subscriber.next_published()
-        return Event(channel=message.channel, message=message.value)
+        message = None
+        while not message:
+            message = await self._sub_conn.get_message(
+                ignore_subscribe_messages=True, timeout=None
+            )
+        event = Event(
+            channel=message["channel"].decode(),
+            message=message["data"].decode(),
+        )
+        return event
diff --git a/broadcaster/_base.py b/broadcaster/_base.py
index 4de1417..b570188 100644
--- a/broadcaster/_base.py
+++ b/broadcaster/_base.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import asyncio
 from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
-from typing import Any, AsyncGenerator, AsyncIterator, Dict, Optional
+from typing import Any, AsyncGenerator, Optional, AsyncIterator
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ class Unsubscribed(Exception):
 
 class Broadcast:
     def __init__(self, url: str):
-        from broadcaster._backends.base import BroadcastBackend
+        from ._backends.base import BroadcastBackend
 
         parsed_url = urlparse(url)
         self._backend: BroadcastBackend
-        self._subscribers: Dict[str, Any] = {}
+        self._subscribers: dict[str, set[asyncio.Queue]] = {}
         if parsed_url.scheme in ("redis", "rediss"):
-            from broadcaster._backends.redis import RedisBackend
+            from ._backends.redis import RedisBackend
 
             self._backend = RedisBackend(url)
 
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ def __init__(self, url: str):
 
             self._backend = MemoryBackend(url)
 
+        self._listener_task: asyncio.Task | None = None
+
     async def __aenter__(self) -> "Broadcast":
         await self.connect()
         return self
@@ -60,13 +62,13 @@ async def __aexit__(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
 
     async def connect(self) -> None:
         await self._backend.connect()
-        self._listener_task = asyncio.create_task(self._listener())
 
     async def disconnect(self) -> None:
-        if self._listener_task.done():
-            self._listener_task.result()
-        else:
-            self._listener_task.cancel()
+        if self._listener_task:
+            if self._listener_task.done():
+                self._listener_task.result()
+            else:
+                self._listener_task.cancel()
         await self._backend.disconnect()
 
     async def _listener(self) -> None:
@@ -81,10 +83,11 @@ async def publish(self, channel: str, message: Any) -> None:
     @asynccontextmanager
     async def subscribe(self, channel: str) -> AsyncIterator["Subscriber"]:
         queue: asyncio.Queue = asyncio.Queue()
-
         try:
             if not self._subscribers.get(channel):
                 await self._backend.subscribe(channel)
+                if not self._listener_task:
+                    self._listener_task = asyncio.create_task(self._listener())
                 self._subscribers[channel] = set([queue])
             else:
                 self._subscribers[channel].add(queue)