diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 65086ab2a486b4b7a33784ee34aa2ec51f2ab58c..e840786bcf35d32ff19735b57305cc89d172926d 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ before_script:
     DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE: "config.settings.container.dev"
     DJANGO_TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID: "fake_sid"
     DJANGO_TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN: "fake_token"
-    DJANGO_AWS_ELASTICACHE_ADDR: "fake address"
+    DJANGO_AWS_ELASTICACHE_ADDR: "fake_address:11211"
     LVALERT_OVERSEER_PORT: "2"
     LVALERT_SERVER: "fake_server"
     LVALERT_USER: "fake_user"
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index ca3ab12e49c5069e6c313c15f0754d6182dc5e4a..803dca827776522e1bebd2ec04b9c43b3dc36476 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ RUN DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=${SETTINGS_MODULE} \
     LVALERT_OVERSEER_PORT=2 \
     DJANGO_TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID=fake_sid \
     DJANGO_TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN=fake_token \
-    DJANGO_AWS_ELASTICACHE_ADDR=fake_address \
+    DJANGO_AWS_ELASTICACHE_ADDR=fake_address:11211 \
     AWS_SES_ACCESS_KEY_ID=fake_aws_id \
     AWS_SES_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=fake_aws_key \
     python3 manage.py collectstatic --noinput