diff --git a/currencies.json b/currencies.json
index 4f74f9bec9..2d170b5075 100644
--- a/currencies.json
+++ b/currencies.json
@@ -972,10 +972,11 @@
     "core": false,
     "versions": [
       {
-        "v": "5.12.1"
+        "v": "6.0.0",
+        "node": ">=20"
       },
       {
-        "v": "5.8.3"
+        "v": "5.12.1"
       },
       {
         "v": "4.7.1"
@@ -1334,4 +1335,4 @@
       }
     ]
   }
-]
\ No newline at end of file
+]
diff --git a/packages/core/src/tracing/instrumentation/databases/redis.js b/packages/core/src/tracing/instrumentation/databases/redis.js
index be81fdea7f..5652138e06 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/tracing/instrumentation/databases/redis.js
+++ b/packages/core/src/tracing/instrumentation/databases/redis.js
@@ -48,9 +48,13 @@ function captureCommands(file) {
 }
 
 function instrument(redis) {
-  // NOTE: v4 no longer exposes the RedisClient. We need to wait till `createClient` get's called
-  //       to get the instance of the redis client
-  if (!redis.RedisClient) {
+  // NOTE: Redis versions differ in export shape:
+  // v4/v5: are strictly factory-based (createClient/createCluster) and do not expose RedisClient.
+  // v6: expose RedisClient again, but this does NOT imply legacy/class-based behavior.
+  // RedisClient presence alone cannot be used to distinguish v3 from newer versions.
+  const isLegacyClassAPI = redis.RedisClient?.prototype && typeof redis.createClient !== 'function';
+
+  if (!isLegacyClassAPI) {
     // redis automatically loads @redis/client, which can trigger a second instrumentation call.
     // We track the instrumentation status via `isRedisClientInstrumented  and skip second time.
     if (isRedisClientInstrumented) {