diff --git a/changelog.d/20240308_193911_roman_extra_encoding.md b/changelog.d/20240308_193911_roman_extra_encoding.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6dc37d13494c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/20240308_193911_roman_extra_encoding.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+### Fixed
+
+- Fixed being unable to connect to in-mem Redis
+  when the password includes URL-unsafe characters
+  (<https://github.com/opencv/cvat/pull/7577>)
diff --git a/cvat/settings/base.py b/cvat/settings/base.py
index 1e610e43488c..84e89e572c65 100644
--- a/cvat/settings/base.py
+++ b/cvat/settings/base.py
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ class CVAT_QUEUES(Enum):
     'HOST': redis_inmem_host,
     'PORT': redis_inmem_port,
     'DB': 0,
-    'PASSWORD': urllib.parse.quote(redis_inmem_password),
+    'PASSWORD': redis_inmem_password,
 }
 
 RQ_QUEUES = {