diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/redis/connection/convert/Converters.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/redis/connection/convert/Converters.java
index ef4ae653ab..f9c5296f95 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/redis/connection/convert/Converters.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/redis/connection/convert/Converters.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.data.redis.connection.convert;
 
-import java.io.StringReader;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.*;
@@ -30,7 +29,6 @@
 import org.springframework.data.geo.GeoResults;
 import org.springframework.data.geo.Metric;
 import org.springframework.data.geo.Metrics;
-import org.springframework.data.redis.RedisSystemException;
 import org.springframework.data.redis.connection.ClusterSlotHashUtil;
 import org.springframework.data.redis.connection.DataType;
 import org.springframework.data.redis.connection.RedisClusterNode;
@@ -106,10 +104,15 @@ public static Properties toProperties(String source) {
 
 		Properties info = new Properties();
 
-		try (StringReader stringReader = new StringReader(source)) {
-			info.load(stringReader);
-		} catch (Exception ex) {
-			throw new RedisSystemException("Cannot read Redis info", ex);
+		for (String line : source.split("\\r?\\n")) {
+			String trimmed = line.trim();
+			if (trimmed.isEmpty() || trimmed.startsWith("#")) {
+				continue;
+			}
+			int colonIndex = trimmed.indexOf(':');
+			if (colonIndex > 0) {
+				info.setProperty(trimmed.substring(0, colonIndex).trim(), trimmed.substring(colonIndex + 1).trim());
+			}
 		}
 
 		return info;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/redis/connection/convert/StringToPropertiesConverter.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/redis/connection/convert/StringToPropertiesConverter.java
index 42c74dc54f..77223bdc3e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/redis/connection/convert/StringToPropertiesConverter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/redis/connection/convert/StringToPropertiesConverter.java
@@ -15,14 +15,15 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.data.redis.connection.convert;
 
-import java.io.StringReader;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
 import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter;
-import org.springframework.data.redis.RedisSystemException;
 
 /**
- * Converts Strings to {@link Properties}
+ * Converts Strings in Redis {@code INFO} / {@code CLUSTER INFO} key:value format to {@link Properties}.
+ * <p>
+ * Unlike {@link Properties#load}, this converter does not interpret escape sequences (e.g. {@code \u}) so that values
+ * containing backslashes — such as Windows-style file paths emitted by Redis on Windows — are preserved verbatim.
  *
  * @author Jennifer Hickey
  * @author Christoph Strobl
@@ -31,13 +32,6 @@ public class StringToPropertiesConverter implements Converter<String, Properties
 
 	@Override
 	public Properties convert(String source) {
-
-		Properties info = new Properties();
-		try (StringReader stringReader = new StringReader(source)) {
-			info.load(stringReader);
-		} catch (Exception ex) {
-			throw new RedisSystemException("Cannot read Redis info", ex);
-		}
-		return info;
+		return Converters.toProperties(source);
 	}
 }