diff --git a/changelog/12835.improvement.md b/changelog/12835.improvement.md
index 4869a372b594..0fea8ac19d52 100644
--- a/changelog/12835.improvement.md
+++ b/changelog/12835.improvement.md
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Added `username` to the connection parameters for `RedisLockStore`
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+Added `username` to the connection parameters for `RedisLockStore` and `RedisTrackerStore`
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diff --git a/docs/docs/tracker-stores.mdx b/docs/docs/tracker-stores.mdx
index f3ac71f4a2d1..f0485583c451 100644
--- a/docs/docs/tracker-stores.mdx
+++ b/docs/docs/tracker-stores.mdx
@@ -219,6 +219,8 @@ To set up Rasa with Redis the following steps are required:
 * `key_prefix` (default: `None`): The prefix to prepend to tracker store keys. Must
     be alphanumeric
 
+* `username` (default: `None`): Username used for authentication
+
 * `password` (default: `None`): Password used for authentication
 (`None` equals no authentication)
 
diff --git a/rasa/core/tracker_store.py b/rasa/core/tracker_store.py
index 2d38d22c26f3..adcabfc1388e 100644
--- a/rasa/core/tracker_store.py
+++ b/rasa/core/tracker_store.py
@@ -453,6 +453,7 @@ def __init__(
         host: Text = "localhost",
         port: int = 6379,
         db: int = 0,
+        username: Optional[Text] = None,
         password: Optional[Text] = None,
         event_broker: Optional[EventBroker] = None,
         record_exp: Optional[float] = None,
@@ -470,6 +471,7 @@ def __init__(
             host=host,
             port=port,
             db=db,
+            username=username,
             password=password,
             ssl=use_ssl,
             ssl_keyfile=ssl_keyfile,
diff --git a/tests/core/test_lock_store.py b/tests/core/test_lock_store.py
index bba472696197..e182e3beb5ef 100644
--- a/tests/core/test_lock_store.py
+++ b/tests/core/test_lock_store.py
@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@
     DEFAULT_REDIS_LOCK_STORE_KEY_PREFIX,
 )
 from rasa.shared.exceptions import ConnectionException
-from rasa.utils.endpoints import EndpointConfig
+from rasa.utils.endpoints import EndpointConfig, read_endpoint_config
+
+from typing import Text
+from rasa.shared.core.domain import Domain
 
 
 class FakeRedisLockStore(RedisLockStore):
@@ -384,3 +387,42 @@ async def test_redis_lock_store_with_valid_prefix(monkeypatch: MonkeyPatch):
     with pytest.raises(LockError):
         async with lock_store.lock("some sender"):
             pass
+
+
+def test_tracker_store_endpoint_config_loading(endpoints_path: Text):
+    cfg = read_endpoint_config(endpoints_path, "tracker_store")
+
+    assert cfg == EndpointConfig.from_dict(
+        {
+            "type": "redis",
+            "url": "localhost",
+            "port": 6379,
+            "db": 0,
+            "username": "username",
+            "password": "password",
+            "timeout": 30000,
+            "use_ssl": True,
+            "ssl_keyfile": "keyfile.key",
+            "ssl_certfile": "certfile.crt",
+            "ssl_ca_certs": "my-bundle.ca-bundle",
+        }
+    )
+
+
+def test_create_lock_store_from_endpoint_config(domain: Domain, endpoints_path: Text):
+    store = read_endpoint_config(endpoints_path, "tracker_store")
+    tracker_store = RedisLockStore(
+        domain=domain,
+        host="localhost",
+        port=6379,
+        db=0,
+        username="username",
+        password="password",
+        record_exp=3000,
+        use_ssl=True,
+        ssl_keyfile="keyfile.key",
+        ssl_certfile="certfile.crt",
+        ssl_ca_certs="my-bundle.ca-bundle",
+    )
+
+    assert isinstance(tracker_store, type(LockStore.create(store, domain)))
diff --git a/tests/core/test_tracker_stores.py b/tests/core/test_tracker_stores.py
index e0175dad8881..811061ccedf4 100644
--- a/tests/core/test_tracker_stores.py
+++ b/tests/core/test_tracker_stores.py
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ def test_tracker_store_endpoint_config_loading(endpoints_path: Text):
             "url": "localhost",
             "port": 6379,
             "db": 0,
+            "username": "username",
             "password": "password",
             "timeout": 30000,
             "use_ssl": True,
@@ -162,6 +163,7 @@ def test_create_tracker_store_from_endpoint_config(
         host="localhost",
         port=6379,
         db=0,
+        username="username",
         password="password",
         record_exp=3000,
         use_ssl=True,