diff --git a/packages/backend/index.d.ts b/packages/backend/index.d.ts
index 66b12ee..87bf78d 100644
--- a/packages/backend/index.d.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/index.d.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ export interface DbExports {
 export function createBackend (options?: BackendOptions): any // Replace 'any' with Backend class type
 
 // Exports instances and constructors for Redis and database connections
+export function getRedis (options?: any): Redis
 export const redis: RedisExports['redis']
 export const redlock: RedisExports['redlock']
 export const Redlock: RedisExports['Redlock']
diff --git a/packages/backend/index.js b/packages/backend/index.js
index a4f2fd8..cb76c90 100644
--- a/packages/backend/index.js
+++ b/packages/backend/index.js
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export default function createBackend ({
 
   const backend = new ShareDB({
     db,
-    pubsub,
+    ...(pubsub ? { pubsub } : {}),
     extraDbs
   })
 
diff --git a/packages/backend/package.json b/packages/backend/package.json
index 2687038..1ec9b81 100644
--- a/packages/backend/package.json
+++ b/packages/backend/package.json
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@
     "ioredis": "^5.3.2",
     "ioredis-mock": "^8.9.0",
     "mongodb": "^6.0.0",
+    "redis": "^5.0.0",
     "redlock": "^3.0.0",
-    "sharedb": "^5.0.0",
+    "sharedb": "5.2.2",
     "sharedb-hooks": "~4.0.0",
     "sharedb-mongo": "^4.1.2",
     "sharedb-redis-pubsub": "^5.1.0",
diff --git a/packages/backend/redis/getRedis.js b/packages/backend/redis/getIoRedis.js
similarity index 92%
rename from packages/backend/redis/getRedis.js
rename to packages/backend/redis/getIoRedis.js
index 2192917..594a125 100644
--- a/packages/backend/redis/getRedis.js
+++ b/packages/backend/redis/getIoRedis.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import RedisMock from 'ioredis-mock'
 
 export { Redis, RedisMock }
 
-export function getRedis ({ enable = true, opts, url, keyPrefix, ...additionalOptions }) {
+export function getIoRedis ({ enable = true, opts, url, keyPrefix, ...additionalOptions }) {
   if (enable) {
     if (typeof opts === 'string') {
       opts = JSON.parse(opts)
diff --git a/packages/backend/redis/getNodeRedis.js b/packages/backend/redis/getNodeRedis.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..66625d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend/redis/getNodeRedis.js
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import { readFileSync } from 'fs'
+import { createClient, createSentinel } from 'redis'
+
+export function getNodeRedis ({ opts, url }) {
+  const parsedOpts = typeof opts === 'string' ? JSON.parse(opts) : opts
+
+  let client
+
+  if (parsedOpts?.sentinels) {
+    client = createSentinel(_getSentinelOptions(parsedOpts))
+  } else if (url) {
+    client = createClient({ url })
+  }
+
+  if (!client) {
+    throw new Error('[@teamplay/backend] REDIS_URL or REDIS_OPTS is required when Redis pubsub is enabled')
+  }
+
+  client.on('error', error => {
+    console.error('[@teamplay/backend] Redis pubsub client error:', error)
+  })
+
+  return client
+}
+
+function _getSentinelOptions (opts) {
+  const tls = _getTlsOptions(opts)
+  const socket = tls ? { tls: true, ...tls } : undefined
+  const sentinelRootNodes = opts.sentinels.map(sentinel => ({
+    host: sentinel.host || sentinel.hostname || sentinel.ip || sentinel.address,
+    port: Number(sentinel.port || opts.sentinel_port || 26379)
+  }))
+
+  return {
+    name: opts.name || 'mymaster',
+    sentinelRootNodes,
+    nodeClientOptions: {
+      socket,
+      username: opts.username,
+      password: opts.password,
+      database: opts.db || 0
+    },
+    sentinelClientOptions: {
+      socket,
+      username: opts.sentinelUsername,
+      password: opts.sentinelPassword
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+function _getTlsOptions (opts) {
+  if (!opts?.key) return
+
+  return {
+    key: readFileSync(opts.key),
+    cert: readFileSync(opts.cert),
+    ca: readFileSync(opts.ca)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/backend/redis/index.js b/packages/backend/redis/index.js
index 2a8308d..856a7e7 100644
--- a/packages/backend/redis/index.js
+++ b/packages/backend/redis/index.js
@@ -1,23 +1,34 @@
 import Redlock from 'redlock'
 import redisPubSub from 'sharedb-redis-pubsub'
-import { getRedis, Redis, RedisMock } from './getRedis.js'
+import { getIoRedis, Redis, RedisMock } from './getIoRedis.js'
+import { getNodeRedis } from './getNodeRedis.js'
 
 const ENABLE_REDIS = !process.env.NO_REDIS
+const ENABLE_REDIS_PUBSUB = ENABLE_REDIS && !!(process.env.REDIS_URL || process.env.REDIS_OPTS)
 
 const RedisClient = ENABLE_REDIS ? Redis : RedisMock
-export { RedisClient as Redis, getRedis, getRedisOptions, generatePrefix }
+export {
+  RedisClient as Redis,
+  getRedisOptions,
+  generatePrefix
+}
+export const getRedis = getIoRedis
 export const prefix = generatePrefix({
   mongoUrl: process.env.MONGO_URL,
   baseUrl: process.env.BASE_URL
 })
-export const redis = getRedis(getRedisOptions())
-export const redisObserver = getRedis(getRedisOptions())
+export const redis = getIoRedis(getRedisOptions())
 
-export const pubsub = redisPubSub({
-  client: redis,
-  observer: redisObserver,
-  prefix
-})
+// Teamplay exposes ioredis for the rest of the backend ecosystem
+// (BullMQ, Redlock, mocks), but sharedb-redis-pubsub@5 expects node-redis.
+// We therefore create separate node-redis clients only for ShareDB pubsub.
+export const pubsub = ENABLE_REDIS_PUBSUB
+  ? redisPubSub({
+    client: getNodeRedis(getRedisOptions({ addPrefix: false })),
+    observer: getNodeRedis(getRedisOptions({ addPrefix: false })),
+    prefix
+  })
+  : undefined
 
 export const redlock = getRedlock(redis)
 
diff --git a/packages/sharedb-access/package.json b/packages/sharedb-access/package.json
index 857c238..d621ce2 100644
--- a/packages/sharedb-access/package.json
+++ b/packages/sharedb-access/package.json
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@
     "lodash": "^4.17.20"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "mocha": "^11.7.5",
-    "racer": "1.0.1",
-    "sharedb": "^5.0.0"
+    "mocha": "^11.7.5"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/sharedb-access/test/db.js b/packages/sharedb-access/test/db.js
index 14c7af2..177f78a 100644
--- a/packages/sharedb-access/test/db.js
+++ b/packages/sharedb-access/test/db.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// TODO: Update tests to work with new teamplay api
 import promisifyRacer from '@startupjs/orm/lib/promisifyRacer.js'
 import racer from 'racer'
 import sharedb from 'sharedb'
diff --git a/packages/sharedb-schema/package.json b/packages/sharedb-schema/package.json
index 134abd4..8b3b7c8 100644
--- a/packages/sharedb-schema/package.json
+++ b/packages/sharedb-schema/package.json
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
     "z-schema": "^4.2.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "mocha": "^11.7.5",
-    "racer": "1.0.1",
-    "sharedb": "^5.0.0"
+    "mocha": "^11.7.5"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/sharedb-schema/test/model.js b/packages/sharedb-schema/test/model.js
index ad5cdbe..e0f58e3 100644
--- a/packages/sharedb-schema/test/model.js
+++ b/packages/sharedb-schema/test/model.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// TODO: Update tests to work with new teamplay api
 import promisifyRacer from '@startupjs/orm/lib/promisifyRacer.js'
 import racer from 'racer'
 import sharedb from 'sharedb'
diff --git a/packages/teamplay/package.json b/packages/teamplay/package.json
index b4c9099..e14d1ed 100644
--- a/packages/teamplay/package.json
+++ b/packages/teamplay/package.json
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
     "localforage": "^1.10.0",
     "lodash": "^4.17.20",
     "pluralize": "^8.0.0",
-    "sharedb": "^5.0.0",
+    "sharedb": "5.2.2",
     "stream": "npm:readable-stream@^4.7.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 0d2c118..1656d74 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
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+  resolution: "@redis/bloom@npm:5.12.1"
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-  resolution: "@redis/client@npm:5.10.0"
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+  resolution: "@redis/client@npm:5.12.1"
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-  resolution: "@redis/json@npm:5.10.0"
+"@redis/json@npm:5.12.1":
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+  resolution: "@redis/json@npm:5.12.1"
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+  checksum: 10c0/c02a94e148944c47c2995bb8df61c6cde51c7a4e380e7f4832fb56ff586754e5cc788edf0a470e5eee3cf19af8ad0b85c94bc759f91c93986d14b52fa1829200
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-  version: 5.10.0
-  resolution: "@redis/search@npm:5.10.0"
+"@redis/search@npm:5.12.1":
+  version: 5.12.1
+  resolution: "@redis/search@npm:5.12.1"
   peerDependencies:
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-  resolution: "@redis/time-series@npm:5.10.0"
+"@redis/time-series@npm:5.12.1":
+  version: 5.12.1
+  resolution: "@redis/time-series@npm:5.12.1"
   peerDependencies:
-    "@redis/client": ^5.10.0
-  checksum: 10c0/2128a4e47418938ae515761475cda3e4ff67f85dfbdcd1f8dace72c5ea71d0f3f7359b1d74881e59ac4499e9d1956d38b0974d65dd677669c41731b41d9c737e
+    "@redis/client": ^5.12.1
+  checksum: 10c0/8d450fdaa370e3ab7bff31197bf3e5102b3cfccbd0e0997a6d17b00e51f67447c355ae2cd76268e83f9459f1a23f606286eab2e81b57fded147fae6c5438b4ca
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     ioredis-mock: "npm:^8.9.0"
     mongodb: "npm:^6.0.0"
+    redis: "npm:^5.0.0"
     redlock: "npm:^3.0.0"
-    sharedb: "npm:^5.0.0"
+    sharedb: "npm:5.2.2"
     sharedb-hooks: "npm:~4.0.0"
     sharedb-mongo: "npm:^4.1.2"
     sharedb-redis-pubsub: "npm:^5.1.0"
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-    sharedb: "npm:^5.0.0"
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   linkType: soft
 
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-    racer: "npm:1.0.1"
-    sharedb: "npm:^5.0.0"
     z-schema: "npm:^4.2.3"
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-    sharedb: "npm:^5.0.0"
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