diff --git a/templates/service_templates/redis.service.erb b/templates/service_templates/redis.service.erb
index 63b71c4..88c7470 100644
--- a/templates/service_templates/redis.service.erb
+++ b/templates/service_templates/redis.service.erb
@@ -1,25 +1,25 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Redis Advanced key-value store for instance <%= @title %>
 After=network.target
 After=network-online.target
 Wants=network-online.target
 
 [Service]
 RuntimeDirectory=redis
 RuntimeDirectoryMode=2755
 <%# Redis on Xenial is too old for systemd integration -%>
 <% if @facts['os']['name'] == 'Ubuntu' and @facts['os']['release']['major'] == '16.04' -%>
 Type=forking
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/redis-server <%= @redis_file_name %>
 <% else -%>
 Type=notify
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/redis-server <%= @redis_file_name %> --supervised systemd
 <% end -%>
-ExecStop=/usr/bin/redis-server -p <%= @port %> shutdown
+ExecStop=/usr/bin/redis-cli -p <%= @port %> shutdown
 Restart=always
 User=<%= @service_user %>
 Group=<%= @service_user %>
 LimitNOFILE=<%= @ulimit %>
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target