diff --git a/docs/ReleaseNotes.md b/docs/ReleaseNotes.md
index 5ed2d6cfa..f6e274254 100644
--- a/docs/ReleaseNotes.md
+++ b/docs/ReleaseNotes.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Current package versions:
 
 ## Unreleased
 
-No pending unreleased changes.
+- Update default Redis version from 4.0.0 to 6.0.0 for Azure Redis resources ([#2810 by philon-msft](https://github.com/StackExchange/StackExchange.Redis/pull/2810))
 
 ## 2.8.16
 
diff --git a/src/StackExchange.Redis/Configuration/AzureOptionsProvider.cs b/src/StackExchange.Redis/Configuration/AzureOptionsProvider.cs
index 6e38e15a9..dcdb9f26a 100644
--- a/src/StackExchange.Redis/Configuration/AzureOptionsProvider.cs
+++ b/src/StackExchange.Redis/Configuration/AzureOptionsProvider.cs
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ public class AzureOptionsProvider : DefaultOptionsProvider
         public override bool AbortOnConnectFail => false;
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// The minimum version of Redis in Azure is 4, so use the widest set of available commands when connecting.
+        /// The minimum version of Redis in Azure is 6, so use the widest set of available commands when connecting.
         /// </summary>
-        public override Version DefaultVersion => RedisFeatures.v4_0_0;
+        public override Version DefaultVersion => RedisFeatures.v6_0_0;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// List of domains known to be Azure Redis, so we can light up some helpful functionality
diff --git a/tests/StackExchange.Redis.Tests/ConfigTests.cs b/tests/StackExchange.Redis.Tests/ConfigTests.cs
index 2a4b2bc75..75f6d25f4 100644
--- a/tests/StackExchange.Redis.Tests/ConfigTests.cs
+++ b/tests/StackExchange.Redis.Tests/ConfigTests.cs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public class ConfigTests : TestBase
     public ConfigTests(ITestOutputHelper output, SharedConnectionFixture fixture) : base(output, fixture) { }
 
     public Version DefaultVersion = new(3, 0, 0);
-    public Version DefaultAzureVersion = new(4, 0, 0);
+    public Version DefaultAzureVersion = new(6, 0, 0);
 
     [Fact]
     public void ExpectedFields()