diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 011db61..5d5d181 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 language: node_js
 node_js:
-  - 0.8
-  - '0.10'
+  - "0.12"
+  - "0.11"
+  - "0.10"
 services:
   - redis-server
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b8dfe32..b91c65f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ var stow = require('stow');
 
 // Create your cache.
 var cache = stow.createCache(stow.backends.Redis, {
-  nodes: ['localhost:6379']
+  redis: 'localhost:6379'
 });
 
 // Add items to the cache.
diff --git a/backends/redis.js b/backends/redis.js
index 1236846..7deda62 100644
--- a/backends/redis.js
+++ b/backends/redis.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-var redis = require('haredis')
-  , hydration = require('hydration');
+var redis = require('redis');
 
 function RedisBackend (options) {
   this.ttl = options.ttl;
@@ -7,11 +6,11 @@ function RedisBackend (options) {
   if (options.client) {
     this.client = options.client;
   }
-  else if (options.nodes) {
-    this.client = redis.createClient(options.nodes, options);
+  else if (options) {
+    this.client = redis.createClient(options.redis, options);
   }
   else {
-    this.client = redis.createClient(['localhost:6379'], options);
+    this.client = redis.createClient('localhost:6379', options);
   }
   if (options.db) {
     this.client.select(db);
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ RedisBackend.prototype.set = function (options, cb) {
     item.checksum = checksum;
     var data;
     try {
-      data = JSON.stringify(hydration.dehydrate(item));
+	   data = JSON.stringify(item);
     }
     catch (e) {
       return cb(e);
@@ -57,7 +56,7 @@ RedisBackend.prototype.get = function (key, cb) {
     if (!result) return cb(null, null);
     var item;
     try {
-      item = hydration.hydrate(JSON.parse(result));
+      item = JSON.parse(result);
     }
     catch (e) {
       return cb(e);
@@ -138,4 +137,4 @@ RedisBackend.prototype.validate = function (item, cb) {
   }
 };
 
-module.exports = RedisBackend;
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+module.exports = RedisBackend;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c9beecc..73146c1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 {
   "name": "stow",
-  "version": "0.0.6",
+  "version": "0.0.8",
   "description": "Caching with a flexible invalidation strategy",
   "main": "stow.js",
   "dependencies": {
-    "hydration": "~0.4.0",
-    "haredis": "~0.2.8"
+    "redis": "^2.2.5"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "mocha": "*"
diff --git a/test/common.js b/test/common.js
index 7138419..b6c31f6 100644
--- a/test/common.js
+++ b/test/common.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 stow = require('../');
 assert = require('assert');
 util = require('util');
-redis = require('haredis');
+redis = require('redis');
 
 // Test a backend.
 testBackend = function (Backend, options) {
@@ -262,4 +262,4 @@ testBackend = function (Backend, options) {
     });
   }
 
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+};