diff --git a/bin/vmpooler b/bin/vmpooler
index 69565aa..3730c1f 100755
--- a/bin/vmpooler
+++ b/bin/vmpooler
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ end
 if torun.include? 'api'
   api = Thread.new do
     thr = Vmpooler::API.new
-    redis = Vmpooler.redis_connection(redis_host, redis_port, redis_password)
+    redis = Vmpooler.new_redis(redis_host, redis_port, redis_password)
     thr.helpers.configure(config, redis, metrics)
     thr.helpers.execute!
   end
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index 196e94d..e879f1f 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 FROM jruby:9.2-jdk
 
-ARG vmpooler_version=0.11.1
+ARG vmpooler_version=0.11.3
 
 COPY docker/docker-entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/
 
diff --git a/lib/vmpooler.rb b/lib/vmpooler.rb
index ffcfcd8..5c37a7e 100644
--- a/lib/vmpooler.rb
+++ b/lib/vmpooler.rb
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ module Vmpooler
     # Create an index of pool aliases
     parsed_config[:pool_names] = Set.new
     unless parsed_config[:pools]
-      redis = redis_connection(parsed_config[:redis]['server'], parsed_config[:redis]['port'], parsed_config[:redis]['password'])
+      redis = new_redis(parsed_config[:redis]['server'], parsed_config[:redis]['port'], parsed_config[:redis]['password'])
       parsed_config[:pools] = load_pools_from_redis(redis)
     end
 
@@ -168,12 +168,12 @@ module Vmpooler
       timeout: timeout
     ) {
       connection = Concurrent::Hash.new
-      redis = redis_connection(host, port, password)
+      redis = new_redis(host, port, password)
       connection['connection'] = redis
     }
   end
 
-  def self.redis_connection(host = 'localhost', port = nil, password = nil)
+  def self.new_redis(host = 'localhost', port = nil, password = nil)
     Redis.new(host: host, port: port, password: password)
   end