diff --git a/changelog/12852.improvement.md b/changelog/12852.improvement.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0fea8ac19d52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/12852.improvement.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Added `username` to the connection parameters for `RedisLockStore` and `RedisTrackerStore`
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diff --git a/tests/core/test_lock_store.py b/tests/core/test_lock_store.py
index cd2096cdfcf3..d90cd26a61b5 100644
--- a/tests/core/test_lock_store.py
+++ b/tests/core/test_lock_store.py
@@ -15,9 +15,13 @@
 from rasa.core.channels import UserMessage
 from rasa.core.constants import DEFAULT_LOCK_LIFETIME
 from rasa.core.lock import TicketLock
-from rasa.core.lock_store import (DEFAULT_REDIS_LOCK_STORE_KEY_PREFIX,
-                                  InMemoryLockStore, LockError, LockStore,
-                                  RedisLockStore)
+from rasa.core.lock_store import (
+    DEFAULT_REDIS_LOCK_STORE_KEY_PREFIX,
+    InMemoryLockStore,
+    LockError,
+    LockStore,
+    RedisLockStore,
+)
 from rasa.shared.constants import INTENT_MESSAGE_PREFIX
 from rasa.shared.exceptions import ConnectionException
 from rasa.utils.endpoints import EndpointConfig, read_endpoint_config