diff --git a/.ddev/commands/redis/redis-cli b/.ddev/commands/redis/redis-cli
index 27bf575b..8824c6a6 100755
--- a/.ddev/commands/redis/redis-cli
+++ b/.ddev/commands/redis/redis-cli
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 ## Usage: redis-cli [flags] [args]
 ## Example: "redis-cli KEYS *" or "ddev redis-cli INFO" or "ddev redis-cli --version"
 
-redis-cli -p 6379 -h redis $@
+exec redis-cli -p 6379 -h redis "$@"