diff --git a/changes/1275-kesavkolla.md b/changes/1275-kesavkolla.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9b7374efb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/1275-kesavkolla.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Made user info optional for `RedisDSN`
diff --git a/docs/examples/settings_main.py b/docs/examples/settings_main.py
index 843940f47e..f49228f15e 100644
--- a/docs/examples/settings_main.py
+++ b/docs/examples/settings_main.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
     auth_key: str
     api_key: str = Field(..., env='my_api_key')
 
-    redis_dsn: RedisDsn = 'redis://user:pass@localhost:6379/1'
+    redis_dsn: RedisDsn = 'redis://:pass@localhost:6379/1'
     pg_dsn: PostgresDsn = 'postgres://user:pass@localhost:5432/foobar'
 
     special_function: PyObject = 'math.cos'
diff --git a/docs/usage/types.md b/docs/usage/types.md
index 6e7dbddd67..72e7ed02bf 100644
--- a/docs/usage/types.md
+++ b/docs/usage/types.md
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ For URI/URL validation the following types are available:
 - `AnyHttpUrl`: schema `http` or `https`, TLD not required
 - `HttpUrl`: schema `http` or `https`, TLD required, max length 2083
 - `PostgresDsn`: schema `postgres` or `postgresql`, userinfo required, TLD not required
-- `RedisDsn`: schema `redis`, userinfo required, tld not required
+- `RedisDsn`: schema `redis`, userinfo not required, tld not required
 - `stricturl`, method with the following keyword arguments:
     - `strip_whitespace: bool = True`
     - `min_length: int = 1`
diff --git a/pydantic/networks.py b/pydantic/networks.py
index 9f9aca253a..b399484a83 100644
--- a/pydantic/networks.py
+++ b/pydantic/networks.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def url_regex() -> Pattern[str]:
     if _url_regex_cache is None:
         _url_regex_cache = re.compile(
             r'(?:(?P<scheme>[a-z][a-z0-9+\-.]+)://)?'  # scheme https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986#appendix-A
-            r'(?:(?P<user>[^\s:/]+)(?::(?P<password>[^\s/]*))?@)?'  # user info
+            r'(?:(?P<user>[^\s:/]+)?(?::(?P<password>[^\s/]*))?@)?'  # user info
             r'(?:'
             r'(?P<ipv4>(?:\d{1,3}\.){3}\d{1,3})|'  # ipv4
             r'(?P<ipv6>\[[A-F0-9]*:[A-F0-9:]+\])|'  # ipv6
@@ -146,8 +146,9 @@ def build(
         url = scheme + '://'
         if user:
             url += user
-            if password:
-                url += ':' + password
+        if password:
+            url += ':' + password
+        if user or password:
             url += '@'
         url += host
         if port:
@@ -189,7 +190,8 @@ def validate(cls, value: Any, field: 'ModelField', config: 'BaseConfig') -> 'Any
             raise errors.UrlSchemePermittedError(cls.allowed_schemes)
 
         user = parts['user']
-        if cls.user_required and user is None:
+        password = parts['password']
+        if cls.user_required and user is None and password is None:
             raise errors.UrlUserInfoError()
 
         host, tld, host_type, rebuild = cls.validate_host(parts)
@@ -201,7 +203,7 @@ def validate(cls, value: Any, field: 'ModelField', config: 'BaseConfig') -> 'Any
             None if rebuild else url,
             scheme=scheme,
             user=user,
-            password=parts['password'],
+            password=password,
             host=host,
             tld=tld,
             host_type=host_type,
@@ -274,7 +276,7 @@ class PostgresDsn(AnyUrl):
 
 class RedisDsn(AnyUrl):
     allowed_schemes = {'redis'}
-    user_required = True
+    user_required = False
 
 
 def stricturl(
diff --git a/tests/test_networks.py b/tests/test_networks.py
index b078d7729c..c4c41eabe7 100644
--- a/tests/test_networks.py
+++ b/tests/test_networks.py
@@ -320,15 +320,14 @@ class Model(BaseModel):
     assert m.a.user == 'user'
     assert m.a.password == 'pass'
 
+    m = Model(a='redis://:pass@localhost:5432')
+    assert m.a == 'redis://:pass@localhost:5432'
+    assert m.a.password == 'pass'
+
     with pytest.raises(ValidationError) as exc_info:
         Model(a='http://example.org')
     assert exc_info.value.errors()[0]['type'] == 'value_error.url.scheme'
 
-    with pytest.raises(ValidationError) as exc_info:
-        Model(a='redis://localhost:5432/app')
-    error = exc_info.value.errors()[0]
-    assert error == {'loc': ('a',), 'msg': 'userinfo required in URL but missing', 'type': 'value_error.url.userinfo'}
-
 
 def test_custom_schemes():
     class Model(BaseModel):